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(1911-1919)
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EDISON GENERAL FILE SERIES
1912
Edison General File Series
1912. Deafness (E-12-30)
This folder contains correspondence relating to Edison's deafness and
to devices for the hearing impaired. Included are requests for Edison's opinion
of existing hearing aids, as well as inquiries concerning his plans to invent
such a device. Most of the letters received no answer or a standard reply
stating that Edison had discontinued his hearing aid experiments and that he
expected to return to them in the future.
A sample of less than 5 percent of the documents has been selected.
All of the selected documents contain marginalia by Edison.
The writer hereor labors under the dirTiculty
ol bearing that is impaired to such an extent that it greatly
interreres with the practice or his proression, being unable to
participate in the trial or cases to any extent.
Previous to said impairment l was a court reporter, and it has
orten occurred to me that it would be possible to construct a ma¬
chine upon the principle or the phonograph, and other allied sound
recording and reproducing machines which would produce a visual record or
character ror each sound, and that alter surricient study, observation
and practice one would be able to read this record just as short hand
is read. ir this could be done.it would be a great aid to the dear
and 1 would like to know whether you have ever made any experiments along
this iine.ir so what results you attained, and if you have not made such
experiments, what, in your opinion, is the possibility or constructing
such an instrument.
Very Sincerely
hands so cleve rly that much of life's darkness is dispelled. Hear¬
ing not, nor speaking, hand, lip and eye are used to replace., the
paralyzed senses to such an extent that much of the misery of mute
existence is wiped away. Is it' not possible that since a partly deaf
person hears quite Well through a telephone or ear-tube, since the
phonograph reproduces sound and since electric messages are conveyed
through space,- sans wire, sans pole, sans anything but an indefinable,
unknowable agency - the electric spark- science may yet develop in¬
dumenta delicate enough, relative in some way to the antennae of
insects and animals, which may convey to the nerves of the diseased
sense almost the same impressions which they receive, via the natural
organs in their healthy, normal condition It is not the .eye which
sees, nor doth the.ear hear; neither doth the tongue produce sound.
All is impression conveyed by these agencies orttransmittens, via
the nerves, to an inner seat of impression. May not these nerve
conveyors be connected up, as it were, with some outside scientific,
mechanical antennae which will register almost, if not quite the same
impressions which the natural, normal organ does?
f we see, hear, and speak in dreans, yet rarely is the organ
jot sense actually^*, J* it is patent thHt some an tuaL impression
(2)
must have been made on the inner receptacle because dreams or
often vivid enough to remain within the memory for long periods of
time. I do not knoW, hut believ? that it is possible that persons
afflicted with the loss of the three senses referred to, may drean
of speaking, hearing and seeing, even as the nornal person may drear,
of being afflicted.
If the seat and nerve of impression is not impaired it doeB
seem possible that they may be reached by some outside agency after
the natural organ is destroyed, or that the organ itself may be aided
in performing its natural function if it is merely paralysed but
organically healthy. Blind as a bat or ua.molei deaf as a haddock or
adder.
Seeing is a pictured impression. Hearing is a sound or vi¬
bratory impression. Sound or speaking is a vibratory impression.
We photograh, phonograph and telegraph. In accomplishing theBe thingB
we have gone half the distance to make the deaf hear, the blind see
and the dumb speak. Ahl How shall we make the rest of the journey.
We have applied these great mediums to pleasure and profit-making but
done very little with them to relive humanities ills which is the
greatest use they could be put to.
The eye is blind but the brain knows what it should see and
what it wishes to look at. We are deaf and dumb in ear and tongue
but the brain knows what it would say and what it would hear.
Even without the organ of expression every creature, I believe,
knows instinctively love and feels musio, color, light and shade,
danger at hand, presence of others and many other impressions which
have nothing to do with organic transnission. Love and harmony and
their attributes are part of Nature's law - Order. The attributes at
leaBt are manifest even in inanimate objects and all creation is full
of them. We have gone three-quarters of the distance, Bay !•
The Instrument§ The Antennae Scientif ique§ Ahl there's the
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rub. To hear by it,, to Bee with it, to speak from it.
But God is good and desireth that we shall see, hear and speak
even without eye, ear or tongue.
Artificial respiration, heart and muscular reaction in coma
or apparent, yes, even actual death, prove that science can replace
organic function if nerve and brain centres are healthy. Therefore
the dead tongue may wag and laryngual imperfection be alleviated.
Eardrum and tympanum must be awakened and the diseased eye must give
way to the miniature cinemetagraph. My eyes are ve ly poor.
Sincerely,
/$ Jj/iwipniff \sdhf~-
THE NATIONAL. NEWS SERVICE
My Dear Sir:
Every now and then some one of the newspaper paragraph-
era or our old friend Fra ElbertUB Hubbard advertB to the
faot that you are deaf and in spite of it oontinue to do the
seemingly impossible .
Wherefore I am oontinually reminded of the saying aBoribed
to Lincoln, when he was asked if he was aware that Ulysses Grant
was a hard drinker — " It would be a good thing if some others,
would use the same brand of whiskey ",
I know you are the busiest man in the worldjand that
I am threading , where Angels might properly hesitate to
thread, when I venture to impose on your time and good nature
by asking you to tell us — in a few hundred words if you oan
steal a few 4® minutes from your work— what deafness has
meant to you .
Have you ever felt that it interfered with the realization
of any great problems upon which your mind has been set ?
Has it prevented you from evolving anything that with perfeot
hearing you might have evolved ? What have been its oompensatiomS
to you ? Has the enforced silence been stimulating and helpful
through allowing you greater opportunity for concentration and
uninterrupted thought ?
mis deafness; an affliotion? Does it impair a man's usefulness
to the world , his oapaoity for efficient work or the enjoyment
of the good things of this world T Will there be a time when
there will be no deafness ? Do you use anything to aid your
hearing when neoessary ? Have you ever tried to work out anything
to relieve this condition ? What do you think of deafness gen¬
erally?
To many of your fellow countrymen these thoughts suggest
themselves. To hundreds of thousands of those who are hard of
hearing ,as well as to millions who are not, your views on them
would be of surpassing interest and value . May. we have them;?
With assurances of yur appreciation of your courtesy and oonsii —
eration, believe us, !
THE NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
New York City
Thomas A. EdiBon — 3
Very Truly Yours,
NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE,
HM/FPM
General Manager,
Edison General File Series
1912. Edison, T. A. (E-12-31)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
Edison's life story, his response to erroneous newspaper rePorts a^™’
his opinions on a variety of subjects, and numerous other matters. Most of the
betters are unsolicited, but there are also exchanges with friends and businera
associates along with letters pertaining to clubs, sc laebes and speaal everts,
including Edison's birthday. Among the correspondents for 1912 are architect
William Welles Bosworth, former employee H. F. Frasse, and Edison
Pioneer" Sidney B. Paine of the General Electric Co.
Less than 10 percent of the documents have been selected. The
following categories of documents have not been selected: unsolicited
reauests for donations, employment opportunities, and interviews, routine
requests for biographical and other information, including Edison s advice and
opinion.
T
Mr. ThomaB A; Edison,
Orange, N. J.
My. dear Sirs-
. Jan. 1, 1912
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.A very ; startling proposition has come lief ore me thii
_paat week, .and since your name has been mentioned in the cireuQ
prospectus I desired to., lear-a— little more about. the proposition..
I have reference -to the Telephone Herald .,
Is the ^system working satisfactorily and profitably
in Budapest i Hungary-, . and do you- think -the system can he operated
’ ' in this -cohntry. SS contemplated and - at -a prpf i t . I should- very
much like to have your opinion op this proposition, and, any
“-information- that you might-care to give me would he appreciated.
'I enclose a stamped and addressed envelope that you
may reply at your ^convenience.
Yours, very truly,
frohn^ Peters .
Mr. Thoe. A. Edison,
LlewellinPark,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
It gives me great pleasure, as one
of the boys who carried material to you some
30 years ago when you were in Pearl Street
and Gar ri ok St., and later in Menlow Park, etc.
to enolose herewith a small photograph of the
oil painting presented to you as a recognit¬
ion of your services to the entire world.
I only regret that the little cam¬
era I had with me was .not able to portray this
in a better way.
I was somewhat sceptical as to re¬
sults whatsoever, but if the bottom leaving
the ohair, be oovered, it makes a rather
tasty reproduction of your almost speaking
likeness.
I often hear of you because my
youngest son frequently sees one of yours at
the Montclair Academy.
The vertical lines,- striations
are, very likely, *due to the reflection of
the light from the windows behind me when I
took the exposure.
Very truly yours,
gf. gfr*^**
HFF.
THC.
Office- of
WILLIAM -WELLES -B OSWOKJ
Architect
Thomas A. Edison Esi
grange, H. J.
Dear Mr. Edison:
It was a pleasure to hear from
you and to have a specimen of your beautiful
signature which I have always admired and shall
always keep. It expresses to my artist's
mind the sweeping imagination of far reaching
thought combined with, and balanced by the
painstaking care so essential to bring any
scheme to productive maturity.
\ V * NEW ‘YORK
/Aiy^
My visits to you and the
sound philosophy you preached make a profitable
and agreeable memory and I shall be glad when
the time arrives for you to give me another
occasion for being with you.
I am now making planB for a
sky-scraper for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
at Broadway and Dey Streets. There is a quarter
inch scale model of it here which I should enjoy
showing you if you will come in the next time
you are in town .
Very sincerely yours,
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PHILIP FARNSWORTH
COUNSELOR AT LAW
42 BROADWAY
NlfW YORK
TEVCPHONE 4.00. .ROAD JUljT 30th, 1912.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Mr. Edison :r
I enclose an old photograph which has Just been
sent me hy a friend who knew that I had heen employed in some of
your patent litigation. You may have a duplicate copy but you
are welcome to this if you care for it. /
Very truly yours,
i
■(Jy 30; /<?/£)
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
lolegram — Bald-- 9/30/12.
p. K. Dolbeor,
fouradne Hotel,
Boston, Mass.
Prom City and telephone directories, also any other sources available
ascertain if family name of Cryaa live in lynn, and if death of
any porson name of Oryon has occurred in past few days. ChiB
information wanted by Mr. Ediocn but without publicity, therefore v
use diplomacy in obtaining it.
C.H.Wilson.
the front page of which has particularly interested, me.
In the early days, when I knew you so intimately, you worked
daily, in fact, all the time, whereas hy the title of this
pamphlet you now only work monthly. Another thing, you are
leaving the office so much earlier than you formerly did. In
the old Goerok Street days you did not leave the office at all
hut, apparently, from this picture you are leaving at four
. minutes to three. It is possible that your old habits have
stuck to you and you have delayed going to lunch until this
time, but some of the men in my office, to whom I have shown
the picture, have inquired if "Mr. Edison works as short
hour's as pictured". I have assured them that you did not when
I worked for you, nor did you allow anyone else to.. It may
be that the illustration is wrongly interpreted, and the clock
has stopped, and it is necessary to"punoh"it to start it again.
Seriously. I think this publication is a great credit
to your son. and it brings back the old days when I had the
pleasure of being more closely associated with you than I am
at present, the memory of which days is one
of the choicest
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
October 31, 1912
possessions which I have.
It is 31 years ago the 12th of this month sinoe
I became associated with you, when you seoured Spencer Borden
as your Agent in Bristol County, Mass., and he in turn hired
me to sell your dynamo under his agency.
Sincerely yours,
)
It Is several years/since I have had the .pleasureoof
meeting and talking with y6u,buy'T shall never forget that Saturday
night a.t Menlo P^rk.N.J. when Onariie,L.Cia'rk6, and myself ran a test
of your First Circuit of Incandescent lamps, and the Successful result.
X still. have spme of the Indicator diagrams that we took
from the Brown Engine (In Iftk) and they are very highly prized by me
still. Like yourself I ha vb been very busy since that time’, and have‘ •
developed, many things which have been- of service to mankind-.
Am encloseing a Folder describing a Cutting preparation
which is leading them all, in the West, and it is taking first rate
around here. Have received orders from many of the leading concerns,
more particularly .the Railroads, which are so hard to land. But they
are looking 'for an opportunity to save a dollar as are most of us in
manufacturing. _
•T This preparation is used largely by ttie" Western Elec¬
tric, Company, and- others in the same line. I give you my -word of
honor that all of the Extracts from letters offered in the enclosed
Folder are GENUINE COPIES FROM THE ORIGINALS IN OUR FILES .
Would like to send you a Half-Barrel for use - Doht need
a trial - and it will not be TWENTY FOUR HOURS BEFORE YOU WILL DECIDE
THAT YOU WANT IT. In this I judge from experience. .
We are beating the best lard oil - Five To. One. (See let¬
ter herewith, on page 5 of the Folder. ' , .
If approved in accordance with Guarabtee',on page 2, it
will cost you (Special Price) 5§-/S per pound, f,o,b, cars, at Destination.
• ' The Elevator Lubricating Compound is also a most valua¬
ble preparation for, use in. the water for' operating Hydraulic Appara¬
tus, Accumulators, etc, etc. and costs 7-&-P per pound, as above. i
.Please tell me What is the name of that Acid or Gas liber
ated by the burning of paper on thq Cigarette ? .’I had it but have for¬
gotten. You know that, it is often met with in the laboratory, and is a-
permanent damage to all animal tissue , I believe you are quite right.
Am very glad to see that you. are. "A BULL ModSE" ?So am >1, and have alw- •
ays voted for Theodore , Roosevelt . Expect1 to do so agai'p'Homorrow.
I believe that an sensible- man are really BULL MOOSES AT HEART, Don 't
you ???. Am most sanguine as to the result, Have great faith. Eh-Whatl
Very truly yours. ~
f: bmunb jtatorcnrc JDutlun
JijarUarb Sato SkIjouI
(lombtibijc. JilasB.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
79 Fifth Avenue,
Hew York City.
As a graduate Law student, and now a candidate for
the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence, the Harvard Law Faculty
has assigned to me as the subject of a thesis, the questions
"Does actual law conform to business necessities?"
The subject being a practical one, I wiBh to treat
it from a practical standpoint. V/ith that end in view, I
desire to prooure authentic information from a very limited
number of representative persons. I will greatly value an
expression of your opinion on the subject, as well as to
receive such further suggestions as you may care to make to
me with regard to thetreatment of the same.
With the assurance that whatever you may have to
offer is not desired for purposes of publication and with
deep appreciation of your courtesies, 1 beg to remain,
Fatkmebs &>Ii!B€HATinrsKMrioM!iSBAH,K:
Kr. Thomas A. Edison/^X ^ ^
East Orange, N. J.
Dear Vr. Edisonj-
SeverRl years ago
• little town, and appreciating
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£ /\K .
when ycu^visiti
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opposite the Hotel where you stopped, T was ti^fl that^ou
remrrked that at one time, some years ago, 3
position in a bank as note clerk, and spoke
strain upon the mind of a mar, filling that position.
I have filled the position of note-
clerk for a number of years, handling, on ar average, of
twelve thousand notes each year, and know ing the trouble
and worry connected with the position, 1 would appre-
» confirmation of the remark made by you while in
ciate £
city.
Thanking you in advance for your \
, I beg to remain.
Very respectfully,
Edison General File Series
1912. Edison Club [not selected] (E-12-32)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
the Edison Club, an employees' organization founded on October 12, 191 1.
The documents consist of meeting announcements, receipts, and
correspondence concerning the design of medals.
Edison General File Series
1912. Edison Crushing Roll Company (E-12-33)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the Edison Crushing Roll Co., which licensed and installed Edison s crushing
rolls and collected royalties for their use. The one selected item is a report to
Edison from his associate, William H. Mason, concerning his visit to the
Anaconda Copper Co. in Montana.
The unselected material consists of periodic reports pertaining to the
operations and output of licensees, along with correspondence concerning
the collection of royalties.
The Edison Crushing Roll Co.
ROCK CRUSHERS
WORKS OFFICE. STEWARTSVItlE. N.J.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir:-
I have juBt returned from a trip to
the West, and heg to report the following: -
I arrives at Anaoonda, Montana, on
Jan. 11th, went into the question of coarse and fine
crushing with the Anaoonda Copper Co. people very thor¬
oughly, in fact, spent two whole days disousBing the
matter with their engineers, Mr. Demond and Mr. laist,
and their General Superintendent (who seems to he the
active manager) , Mr. Wraith.
All of their ore, 10,000 tons per day,
comes in in 50-ton steel railroad oars from various mines
around Butte and Anaoonda. It is then dumped from the
hoppers of the oars and passes through three or four jaw
oruBhers in parallel. These reduce it to about 2" Bize,
when they begin concentrating by jigs. The concentrate
of between 2" and 1" goes directly to blast furnaces and
is reduced here to copper mat. There is also a certain
amount of high grade ore, carrying over 5% copper, which
goes directly to the blast furnaces without concentration
but iB crushed to about 2« sizes. S*ene smaller than 2"
ia re-crushed through^ rolls shout 48" in diameter and 18"
face, and re-concentrated hy jigs. The smaller size a^Sne
ia re-crushed in wet Huntington mills, and concentrated on
Wilfley tables, the whole process being done wet, except
the primary crushing. The fine concentrates below about
3/4" size are taken to ' reverbatory furnaces, and Bmelted
into a mat. The concentrates from the extremely fine ore
say under 60 or 80 meBh, are first roasted to drive off a
portion of the sulphur, and then delivered to the reverba¬
tory furnaces.
The copper mat from both blast furnaces
and reverbatory furnaoes is put into converters and oxidized
down to a fairly good grade of copper. This is then put
6~oo
into a refining furnace and the pig copper is cast in^ slabs
ready for electrolytic refining. The latter is done in the
Bast, when a great deal of gold and siver is obtained from
the raw oopper.
Their proposition is to put 'in one central
crushing plant, through which everything could be dumped,
which must have a capacity of 1,000 tons per hour, as they
expect to increase their plant to at lease 15,000 tons per
day, but they work 24 hours per day, three shifts, and would
figure on running the crusher plant two shifts of 16 hours.
A portion of their ore is fairly hard,
T .A. 35,
-3-
I should say about as hard as our Oxford limestone, but
ore from other mineB is quite soft, of the porphory variety.
The largest stones that come to them now
are about 30" in diameter, and they only want to reduce it
to 2" for whioh I re comended a series of four sets of Rolls,
so as not to pulverize any material unduly, bo as not te
.pulwo r i z e -any -mat ex±a£a»rda%y , allowing each set easy work.
Their present dumping and crushing coBts are in the neigh¬
borhood of Zi a ton, and their whole idea of putting in
this crushing plant is to reduce the expenses and give them
larger capacity.
They also have a quarry producing about
1,500 tons of limestone per day, which they are operating
by hand, and the costs over the year which they showed me
were 19^ per ton. I could not understand this low cost
for hand work, with labor at $3.00 per day, until 1 went
to see the quarry, and then found that although a compara¬
tively hard limestone, it was so broken up with seams and
striations that they used black powder for bringing it out,
and there were comparatively few pieces that came out over
12" in diameter. The face of this quarry is about 600 ft.
long and about 250 ft. high, and getting higher as they go
back. 1 recommended to them using one set of 5 x 5* Rolls
in thiB quarry, with steam shovelB to do the loading, and
T.A.E. -tf-
advised them that they should he able to save at least
per ton in the operations.
They would not hear of 2( / a ton royalty
as their present crushing costs are about 3d' and they could
not see where they would he warranted in making the invest¬
ment , as they do not expect to he able to save anything on
their mining operations. I, therefore, told them, after
going into the matter very thoroughly, that in view of the
conditions, only crushing about 30" dia. stone to 2", that
I would recommend to you antf installation of an ore crushing
plant at the mill and a pair of 5 ft. Rolls at their quarry;
if both together, at a 1^ per ton royalty, and that it was
a matter which you would have to decided, as I had no
authority to decrease the price under 2< i per ton. Their
Gen, Supt., Mr. Wraith, seemed to think that this was a
fair proposition and adviBed his engineers to make up a
complete report with all the information which I could give
them, so that he could submit it to his Board and see if they
would authorize an appropriation for installing the plants.
I left Mr, Wraith and he intimated that he expected to take
the matter up with us further, and also took addresses of
all our various plants, so as to write them and get infor¬
mation as to operation of our Rolls.
Mr. Wraith also gave instructions to
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Mr. Demond to pick out 100 Its. of an average Bample of
their second grade ore and ship it to you, which I presume
has been done.
UTAH COPPER COMPAHY:- I next went to Salt
lake City. Called to see Mr. Jackling, of the Utah Copper
Co. Mr. Jackling was not in, hut Mr. Bradley, hia Chief
Engineer, advised me that they had investigated the Edison
Rolls and did not think they were satisfactory for their
purposes. He, however, gave me permits to go through their
quarry and the plant .
The quarry is at Bingham Canyon, about
18 miles from their plant, and it is a montain about 3,000
ft. high, on which they were working about 2<b steam shovels
in various benches. There were approximately 16 benches.
Some of these shovels, however, were stripping, and they
are now shipping to their two mills 15,000 or 16,000 tons
per day, and after they have finished remodeling one of
their mills, which they expect to do within the next three
months, they expect to handle 20,000 tons per day of 24 hours.
1 was told by the quarry boss that there -
is 140 miles of railroad on the quarry mountain, so you can
get an idea of the size of it. They have Just builttheir
own railroad from Bingham Canyon to the two mills, which is
about 18 miles long and very heavy work, and they have
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three Mallett compound locomotives of 225 tone each, for
hauling their ore trains. The rock is a soft porphory ,
hut in a few places they find it quite hard. In many of
the places they can bring it down with black powder and
very low grade dynamite. The steam shovels load directly
into 50-ton special steel hopper cars. These are hauled
in trains of 30 to 40 cars to the two mills, the Magna
mill, which has a capacity of 15,000 tons a day, and the
Arthur mill, about one mile farther, will have a capacity
of about 6,000 to 7,000 tons per day. These oars are dumped
into pockets over bins which contain grizzlieB and screens.
This separates the coarse ore from the fines. The coarse
ore goes directly to 7i gyratory crushers (four in parallel)
then is screened, and the coarse goes to smooth rolls shout
56" in diameter and 18“ face. It is then screened and
carried to smaller rolls, and then to Chilian mills; (there
are about 36 of each of these) , then to a set of 36 Wilfley
tables, which make a rough concentration. All the material
then passes over frujvdnners.
Practically everything is crushed to
20 mesh and finer before the concentration begins. They
concentrate 24 to 1, and then the concentrates are loaded
and shipped to the Garfield smelters, a mile or two away.
from 1.55$ to 1.80$ copper, and they
The copper ore runs
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figure that they get 78# of the total copper in the ore,
the 22# being lost in their tailings, and they say that
practically all of this goes out in the slimes. I got
the following figures, hut cannot say whether they are
authentic or not. Mill costs for handling are:-
Unloading and coarse crushing (to 1” size) 2.14
Pulverising down to 20 mesh 9.0
Concentrating 7.0
Various other charges, etc., bringing
the total mill cost up to about - - 224 or 29?
per Ton.
I think that the total cost of 28^ or 29^ is right, but
cannot say how close the other figures are or just what
they include.
The mill manager, Mr. Hoffatt, was very
cordial and very much interested in our crushing system.
He said that it was necessary for them to put in a central
crushing plant whioh would handle their total ore for both
mills (20,000 tons a day) bo as to reduce the costs, as
their present system was expensive and inefficient and did
not compare with the rest of their plant/ I explained to them
what our crushers would do, and he went into details very
thoroughly and said that he would take the matter up with
their manager, Hr. Jackling.
The next day I went in to see Hr. Bradley
again, and explained to them what we could do in the way
of a central crushing plant. He became very much interested
and said that he was satisfied that they would build
another crushing plant this year, and said he expected
to come East and investigate the crushing matter, and he
had no doubt that they would take the matter up with us
in the near future.
I could not interest them in fine
grinding, because they are afraid to handle anything dry,
and are of the opinion that the cost of drying and the
labor troubles with the dry mill on account of dust, and
the expensive methods of handling the ore through various
elevators, eto., instead of sluicing it as they do, would
eliminate the possibility of a dry crushing plant competing
with the wet, and they seemed to have it very firmly fixed
in their heads that a dry crushing plant will make more
slimes than wet crushing.
I could not see Hr. Jackling, as he was
down in Arizona on a new oopper proposition, and did not
expect to be back for some time, but I believe the** chances
are fair for installing one complete crushing plant for
these people, and they are certainly doing things on a
magnificent scale.
NEVADA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO.:- I alBO met
Mr. C, B. Lakenan, general manager of the Nevada Consolidated
Mining Co., who are handling about 8,000 tons per day with
h, steam shovels on porphory ore, also concentrating it and
smelting it at the Stepto Concentrating Works, MoGill, llev.
Mr. Lakenan was not very cordial and seemed
to think he knew a great deal more about crushing and handling
ore than anybody in the world. I, therefore, did not go to
their plant, as there porphory, I understand, is even softer
than that of the Bingham Canyoh (TItah Copper Co). I, however,
got the names of some other Companies that are being started,
and will take it up by mail, to see if it is possible to
interest them.
One of these is the Inspiration Copper Co.,
located in Arizona, which is being Btarted and will have at
first a capacity of 7,000 tons a day, with the idea of in¬
creasing this to 15,000 tons.
I e:q?ect to be down to see you in a few
days, and will disouss the matter more fully.
Yours very truly,
WHM-HB8
Edison General File Series
1912. Edison Star [not selected] (E-12-34)
This folder contains unsolicited correspondence relating to the myth that
Edison was responsible for a bright light appearing in the sky above Menlo
Park, N.J. Edison denied responsibility and stated that the light was the planet
Venus.
Edison General File Series
1912. Education (E-12-35)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
Edison's opinion on technical and other forms of education. Most of the
correspondence consists of unsolicited inquiries. The selected items include
a letter from Edison to students in New Jersey grammar schools "telling
something of my own school-days."
Less than 5 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected items consist of routine inquiries with no substantive reply from
Edison.
Dear young -friends
I have been asked to write a letter to the hoys arid
girls of the Grammar Schools in Hew JerBey telling something
of mv own sohool-days. Suoh a letter as that would he very
short, for I really never had any school-days as you understand
them. I was rather delicate when a
sending me to sohool, my mother, who had been a High School
teacher, educated mo herself at home. She the one
pupil, which was fortunate for me as X r ec e ived thor
sound teaching. My mother also taught me how to read S°od
hooks quickly and correctly, end 6s this opened up a great world
in literature, X have always been very thankful for -his
early training.
I was fond of experimenting, so when I was about
12 years old I got work as-a .train nawBboy in orderto earnmy
own pocket money to buy chemicals and apparatus with Whichto
experiment. My train ran from Sort Huron to Dftroit. and this
eave me opportunity to go to the libraries in the latter oity
fndreld books that could not be found in Port Huron, where I
lived I always kept busy and had lotB of adventures in trying
to add to myefore of knowledge but to tell you the whole
story Would make tny letter too long*
Sohool-dayB are very diff erent f r om what they war e ^
when I was a boy fifty yearB ago. ■ You now have beautiful school
houses with modern convenienceBan^apparatusandyourstudi
to be very happy in having these fine opportunities of preparing
ta ao big things in the world.
Permit me to thank you for the letter whioh
you have been kind enough to prepare for the use of
the grammar sohool children of the state . I thank you
not only in behalf of the Department of Public Instruc¬
tion, but in behalf of the children thomselves.
I am, with much respect,
Very truly yours,
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
TRENTON
May 1,
1913.
Mr. \ym. H. Meadoworoft ,
Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, IT. .T.
My dear Sir:-
I have received the letter from Mr. Edison
which yon sent to me, and have made due acknowledgment
to him.
I am.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner of Education.
Cleveland, Ohio Aug. 8, I9is.
Thos. A Eddison Co.,
You would confer a great favor on the writor if you would ask
Ur. Eddison what three scientific schools in the country he would recoionend
for eonduc.ting some experiments for us on the properties of different colored
glass in regard to tlieir absorbing powers of the irritating rays to the
Spectrum, such as the Violet, Ultra Violet and the blue. We would
greatly appreciate this information.
fours very truly.
7)T- ;
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ap.CuJ:** o* fjZ*^ - ^ .*
&\ 'iu/UL&c*. «/ <C4l«cjf»i^O
Edison General File Series
1912. Electric Light (E-12-36)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
electric lighting and power. Some of the items pertain to the technical and
commercial development of Edison's alkaline storage battery, including its use
in Edison's proposed "Country House Lighting System. Among the
documents for 1 91 2 are letters concerning the thirtieth anmversaiy of Edison s
pioneering Pearl Street station, his opinion in regard to isolated plants and
his continuing involvement with the General Electric Co. A few items deal with
the commercial and technical development of Mazda Tungsten Lamps in the
United States and Germany, including their use in automobile lighting.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. The
following categories of documents have not been selected: unsohcited
promotional material; routine correspondence requesting Edison s advice
assistance, or attention on technical and commercial matters. Also not
selected is the twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Edison & Swan United
Electric Light Co., Ltd.
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY.
Mr. Thomas Edison,
Edison Laboratories,
East Orange, Hew Jersey. JS'-
Dear Sirs-
In aooordanoe with Mr. Sargent's instruotions, we will
take pleasure in sending you prints of the General Arrangement
drawings of the Fisk Street and Quarry Street Stations of the
Commonwealth Edison Company, also Property Plat showing the lo¬
cation and relative arrangement of the two Stations.
Mr. Sargent stated that on his return from Europe it
will give him great pleasure to spend a day with you, and he
will explain to you fully any features of the Stations into
which you may care to go.
SARGENT & LUNDY,
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Llewellyn Park,
Orange, K.J.- t/.S.A.
My dear Edisont-
The "bearer of this is Ur. John Yunck, who is ^
returning to America after haring helped uo in star ting the menu
factureof tungsten wire, as his work here is practically finish-
-ed.
The patent situation is, howerer, Rooming most, acute
oTer here and if the patent which the AEG filed iB granted, it
wl£ mean that.no one^rer here can make drawn w^elamps This
patent which was submitted a few days ago, describes in every
detail the process by which we and, in fact, everybody makes
drawn wire lamps.
How Ur. Yunck is fully posted with regard to the patent
situation and knows more or less what has been done £®f?re J*"11®
we engaged him to assist us in finding literature, which can be
You would do me a great favor if you would give Mr. Yunck
half an hour of your valuable time and have a chat ***£ liim and
no doubt you can give him some points to assist us in this lungsten
patent dilemma.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am with
best wishes, t sincerely,
P.8. I am sending you through Mr. Yunck 1/1
a piece of drawnwire, as we are making |
»‘i-t here in large" quantities and with I&mumaiuu
great success. {]
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The next meeting of the Association will be bald
rooms of the Engineering Society's Building, 27/33 West 39th
street, at 8 P.M., Monday, April 1, 1912. A full attendance
is desired.
THE NATIONAL ISOLATED POWER PLANT ASSOCIATION
HEW YORK, March 29, 1912.
The past month has been productive of .some rather startling
information as regards the interests of the Isolated Power Plants.
Perhaps the most important is the publication in the Saturday
Evening Post of an article giving the views of Thomas A. Edison,
the inventor, on the subject of the control of the Trusts.
t every word of Mr. Edison on that subject has peouliar
and interest, it would be well for every member of the
Association to procure a copy of the Saturday Evening Post of
the date of March 16th and to carefully study Mr. Edison' b
opinions. The article is a long one, and. there will be space
here t£ give the gist of it only.
Tile Edison article is headed "A MESSAGE FROM MR. EDISON
TO THE? MAN WHO PAYS THE BILLS." Mr. Edison thinks that the
Trust Question can be "best solved by preventing tlie sale of
goods ^.t a loss. This is merely another way of stating that
he would do away with "out-throat competition," which is the
Trust Method of attaining a monopoly. Mr. Edison would not
only dp away with cut— throat competition, but he advises the
prohibition of the sale of goods at less than the cost of manu¬
facture, plus a fair profit. He would compel manufacturers to
sell fioods at the same price at the same time throughout the
oountry, and that the price should include a reasonable profit.
While many people might differ with Hr. Edison as to the
practicability of selling goods all over the oountry at the same
price at the same time, they certainly would not take issue with
inflia at the same timeT TlrTEdison's views in regardTo^rcut-_
thPOftt “ompetitlon’1 parried out in regard to the sale of electric
Current by the New York Edison Company would solve the question
now before the public Service Commission in short order;.
i ; . Mr., Edison is in favor of the independent manufacturer; he
says the independent manufacturer does not fear the raising-but
rather the lowering of the prloes on the part of the Great Trusts;
therefore he favors a minimum price, suoh minimum price to include
a fair profit. He insists, that in order to give his views a
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fair show the water should he squeezed out of the capital of
the Trusts.
_ +niyii rr the views of Mr- Edison will he much liked by the
i s. “ tj gj:
\ Sa?oh lethi have ?t framed and hung up in a conspicuous position.
The result of the steam heating operations of the
ment for the post offioe use $5,931.C
The following points were made before the I Oo??J0®3;Op/,^nr.v
treating of the rfsSlts of the operations of the Edison Company
for the year 1911.
DIFFERENTIAL RATES
In working out the results of what the Edison Company^ _
officials oallS" differential rates" for the year ending December
31, 1911, the following faots stand out prominently.
First and most important is thefact that absolutely no re¬
duction was made by the schedule of July 1, 1911, to the average
consmer o? current. The schedule fixed uponshows no reduc¬
tion of urice except on bills of over $25. monthly.
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The oonsumers paying the maximum rate of ten cents con¬
tributed $8,442,836,01 or over one-half of all receipts from
private oonsumers for the year 1911.
The "General, Rate", the receipts from which averaged 9.8
cents for the year 1911 furnished $10,085,172.64, or 51^ of the
total reoeipts from all classes of customers; 57-1/254 of the
reoeipts from private customers.
The "Power Rate" furnished $3,203,794.34 during the year,
at an average of 7.97 oents per kilowatt hour. This rate, which
inoludeB in its use the "longest hour users" and therefore the
most favorable to the company, shows a distinct increase in the
average prioe received over the year 1910, the average of which
was 7.46 oents per kilowatt hour.
The "General Rate" and the "Power Rate", which conjointly
in 1911; the year of the GREAT REDUCTION, averaged 9.30 per
kilowatt hour. The "differential" in favor of the company
over, the average selling prioe of 5.97, was 3.33 oents per
kilowatt hour. The excess over. the average of the "Wholesale
Rate" was 5.05 per kilowatt hour, which multiplied into the kilo¬
watt hours of current sold under these two rates amounted to over
$7,200,000. 7
The advantages of reduction of rates- in 1911, so far as dis¬
closed by the report was divided as follows: (The report referred
to 1b the abstraot made by Dr. Weber: of the report of operations
during the year 1911 of the N. Y. Edison Company, as made by
it to the Commission).
The "General. Rate" oonsumers paid $10,085,162.64 for ourrent
at an average price of 9.8 cents per kilowatt hour; and at that
rate saved approximately, very approximately $82,141.08 over
what they would have paid, based upon the prices of 1909. The
comparison has to be made with 1909 because in that year the
results of the classified rates were separated.
The "Wholesale Rate" oonsumers in 1911 paid quite approximate¬
ly $4,115,449.52 at an average rate of 4.25 oents per kilowatt
hour. They saved $726,291.21 over what they would have paid had
the rates of 1909 ^continued during 1911.
A comparison of the differentials for the year 1911 shows
as follows:'
Ourrent Sold Amount Per
K.W. Hours Billed K.W.Hr.
General Rate - - - - $102,676,360. $10,085,162.64 9.8
Wholesale Rate - 96,838,829. 4,115,447.52 4.25
Apparently, the general rate is 2.3 times greater than the dif¬
ferential rate, called wholesale. But, this comparison is far
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from telling the whole story In regard to the working of
"differentials".
Comparing the results of the differential practice as between
the years 1909 and 1911, the following peculiarity of the dif¬
ferential system shows up:
Per
Oturent
Bills K.W.Hr.
1911 General Rate - r - - -
1909 Retail (now General) -
102,676,360
. 77,433,650
$10,085,162.64 9.8
7,653,113.41 9.88
Increase - —
25,242,730
$ 2,432,049.23 9.62
1911 Wholesale Rate - - - -
1909 T/holesale Rate - -. - - '
96,838,829
73,217,509
$ 4,115,447.52 4.25
3,659,873.10 4.99
. Increase - .- - -
23,621,321
$ 555,574.42 2.35
It will be noted that while the increased sales of the company
at the high' rate' brought to it a revenue at the rate of 9.02 cents
per kilowatt,. hour, , the. increased sales : at. the' low rate brought
but 2.55 oents Iper kilowatt hour. As it oan'be fairly assumed
that it is the ir.orease in the output of ourrpnt that-, .measures
the cost -torthe/’.bdmpany., ibis' plain ; to be seen \ that this working
of the "differential" is a mere pumping process from the pockets
of , the, general, rate oohsumer into the .pockets of the wholesale
consumer, for what the company gains on one; j it hands over to the
other . " - \ . !
Under the wholesale rates -in this comparison is included for
both 1909 and 1911 the intermediate wholesale.
PROGRESS
The new tungsten lamps are' calculated to afford a considerable
economy in the use of current for. lighting, i This calculation is
somewhat disturbed in two ways: First, by plaoing the lamps as
near the oeiling aBposslble, and where that proceeding does
not effect the desired result : sufficiently, vessels resembling
" jardinieres" r are! suspended' underneath' the elevated lamps, -in
which oase the illumination of the' room oomes, from a white spot
on the ceiling. -' jin other oases' the .light is; allowed to stream
in through a .oraok above the dorni'oe. . Both (these effeots are
supposed to be quite esthetic and to refleot a high degree of
taste. ' The -net result' in-a (given. case where! the shoving up pro¬
cess has been oarried out, without the. jardiniere accompaniment,
is" as follows v comparing '1907 with 1911. Increase of. our -rent
used for. lighting from 67,060'kilowatt hourB in 1907 to 166,280
in 1911, an increase of 248 per cent.
H. H. EDGERTON,
Secretary and Treasurer.
HARRY J. HARKS,
President.
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New York, April 3, 1912
Meeting of the Isolated Power Plant Ass'n., held at
#20 West 39th St., Monday, April 1, 1912. It was a small
meeting with about 15 members present.
The meeting was oalled to order at 8:30. The minutes
of the last meeting were read off and our Committee on Publioity
read off a oopy of a letter whioh was put up as a motion and
carried. A number of these letters are to be printed and sent
to owners and real estate men, the letter is a long one and im¬
possible to remember all that it stated. The following are
some of the explanations the letter oontained:- The EdiBon Oo.
started out trying to get all the Isolated Power Plants by
oharging different rates for their ourrent, they suooeeded in
getting a number of isolated plants by claiming it was oheaper
to use Edison current than to generate their own. They claim
that the exhaust heating is only a trifle, blit thiB letter ex¬
plains any isolated plant from 75 HP up and UBing the exhaust
steam for heating that there is a large saving and subtracting
the oost of heating from the oost of generating ourrent Bhows
that the isolated plant is far oheaper than the Edison Current.
26 buildings of the number that Edison Oo. suooeeded
in putting in their installation have given up the EdiBon cur¬
rent and have installed their own private plant again. - These
26 buildings will be used as references to prove these facts .
Eleotric ourrent can be generated from an Isolated plant for 2 /
a KW, providing the plant is handled properly. This letter
also gives in figures the different rates the Edison charges
their consumers.
Next oame a report from Mr. Edgerton. He spoke on
the publication which was in the Saturday 'Evening Post giving
the views of Thos. A. Edison on a subjeot of the oontrol of the
trusts, of whioh you will find a oopy enolosed. Mr. Edgerton
said it is very strange that Mr. Edison should publish an article
of this kind Just at the time this fight is going on, as every¬
thing he says points to the lines of our fight, which is being
oarried on now. It oan not be that he has made a mistake, for
he is a level headed man and the strangest part of it is he is
in favor of the oentral station, but Mr. Edgerton olaims he
i thinks that .this has been done on purpose and believes that.
lMr. Edison may be in favor of the Isolated Power Plant.
Mr. Edgerton wrote to Mr. Edison to see whether he
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oould try to got him to become a member of this association
received an answer from Ur. Edison's seoretary stating
that Mr. Edison was down in Florida and may possibly hear from
him when he returns.
Mr. Edgerton next read off a letter of congratulation
from Mr. Carpenter, a professor of Cornell University j he is
going to become a member of our association, Mr. Carpenter and
lomegother professors are going to start a one year test and
Mr. Edgerton says that Mr. Carpenter will show ^s^terfigures
than he can, as he is about one of the brightest men in the
oountry on power plants.
Mr. Edgerton next made a report on the last P.S. hearing
■hn naid he nut in some figures which some of the engineers claim
wls impossibU and8 the Edi^n people laughed at his figures , but
he savs the figures were oorreot and when they are figured out
and all reportfare in they will win another victory.
Another point which the Edison Co. has been trying to
ssi.-rif, 4K bvk stffivrt.ars a a
3 figured out it Bhowed
££at this amount "would pay for the lighting only and the com¬
missioners found this out and did not agree to this rating.
Another point was brought out showing where the Edison
no was a loser of over $5,000 for this Bame kind of rating as
above in which the Pennsylvania R. R. furnished the steam.
Mr. Edgerton said there was a bill at Albany to fix
a°oapitalizationiff9inoomehof |l2?000, 000*1 year? meaniAg^hat
|u$o6°«» and * 1~— on tg., “
“£«“ Srtin’SrttS**? SSSs M» not ?o sign
5S! a heSlnl 1. Hold’. A brother ...her got up
and said ttet he would make a motion that the secretary write
a letter to the Governor regarding this capitalizationincome
Sntil a hearing is held. This motion was seoonded and oarrled.
to .tart
Central Hotel, Wednesday evening, April 3d, by the Combined
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Aas'ne. of the In'tional Aaa'n of Stationary Engineers.
Under the head of unfinished huaineaa. A committee
gave in report in referenoe to looking for new meeting rooma
Under the head of new huaineaB. A brother member spoke
aa follovras- I think it would be a good idea later on when we
oan afford to pay for it that we oould engage a room in the central
part of the city called':, the Iaolated Power Plant Information Bureau
for the benefit of real eatate men, owners and thOBe thinking of
building. to give them information about isolated plants. Give them
the coat and expense of running them and explain to them how much
cheaper it ia to have a private plant. This would be given with¬
out ooat.
Another brother got up and spoke as follows : I think
it would be a good idea to insert an ad in the help column in any
daily paper asking the engineers to attend one of our meetings.
I believe in this way a good many engineers would become members
of our Aaa'n.
The ohairman thought this a good idea and said he would
leave it to our Publioity Committee to consider thia.
Meeting adjourned at 10:20. - "
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
LAMP WORKS
In Reply Refer 1
Harrison, N. J. Apr. 17 , 1912
Hr. V ftn. Iteadoworoft,
fhomaa A. Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, H. J.
My dear Mr. Headoworoft:
Referring to our conversation
of last week, I will appreciate it if you will put
Mr. U. W. Long, the bearer of this letter, in touch
with Hr. Ott, to dlBoues the original layout of Hr.
Edison's first ihoandesoent lanp factory.
With heBt regards, I. remain.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Manager, Lags Works.
hbr/hd
April 19+h, 1912
J. I, let), Jr., Ssq.,
67 Puona "treot ,
He-J York City.
Hy Sear Hr. linb:-
Hr. Manfloworoft has shown mo your letter to hin undo:-
date of the 10th instant , together with copies of a circular of
the national Isolated Power Plant Association and ninutas of meeting.
It is utterly absurd either for Hr. "dgerton cr any
Association eiioh as he represents to try to con a true ray published
words in favor of any Isolated Plant Association. The most ordinary
raind should be able to coraprkheiid that tho isolated plant in a large
city partakes of thevnnture of middleman, and the most oasunl roador
of the artiole in the Saturday Svening Post of Karoh 16th pill seo that
ray remarks are directed against the middleman in general.
I have always combatted the principle of installing
isolated plants in a city whose streets arc ecuipped with a network
of conductors supplying onrront fron a Central Station, and it is
the height of absurdity for any person or Isolated plant Association
to claim that I am arrayed on their side. Por nearly 35 years the
Central Station has been ny ideal for all Kleotrio light and power
work In Cities, and I see no reason to ohange at this late date.
Apr/ 19/12
Sr. (2)
Hr. IWgorton has not the slightest foundation for
stating that there might ho Any possibility of my joining Kta
Association.
Yours very truly.
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Thomp.s A. Edison, Esq.,
Care Edison' a Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Edison:
I am very much obliged /
to you, indeed, for sending me the telegram
with relation to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary
of the starting of the old Chioago Edison
Company. It was very kind of you to answer
so promptly. I am going to have the telegram
put on a slide and thrown on a Bcreen Konday
night. I am confident my hoyB will appreciate
the compliment of getting a message from you.
Yours truly
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
LAMP WORKS
In Reply Refer to
Harrison, N. J. May 22 , 1912
meadow croft.
of the Moore light will now have an opportunity of bSooming more
largely available to the public’, and believe the filamentless lamp
is not a great distance in the future.
I thank you for the courtesies extended to
me on my last visit to your residence. I hope to find time to avail
myself of your invitation to visit you at your laboratory befiore
long.
Very truly yours,
>%^0 0*
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Thos’ A. Edison, Esq.,
Llewellyn Eark,
\7. Orange
Lear Sir:-
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“1
A party whom I have assisted in a financial way from
time to time is permanently connected with the Straight Filament
Lamp Co. of flew York City. The party that I refer to has ,1ust
returned from Europe where he secured an option on a tongsten
straight filament light which he expects to close and thereby
secure the American rights for this patent. He claims that this
patent has termendous advantages over all the other lights now in
the market hut to a layman it is somewhat difficult to ascertain
positively about these things and what I would like to do is to get
your co-oporation and assistance in this matter to make a full and
thorough investigation of this patent, which has been filed at
Washington, and which they expect to be allowed shortly.
If you will join me in this matter and designate some
party, if you do not wish to appear in it yourself, to make a thorough
investigation by having your man come over here and go through the
entire matter with the party which I can see is done to your entire
satisfaction, and if it lookB good to you I am willing to put up all
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the money thRt is necessary to huy the rights, etc. and if I do
this for the partjr I am sure I could get a oontract suoh as you
think uoiTld he entitled to and will agree to follow your suggestions
and demands along this line and for your assistenoe in the matter
I am willing to take such interest as Jrou think I might he entitled
to.. In other words, on the surface tho patent and its possibilities
appear very inviting* A s to the rest, you can determine to your own
judgment and satisfaction just what its possibilities are and as X
stated before, the negotiations will be carried on according to
your dictation and whateveryou require for your protection in
advance if necessary for this investigation I am more than willing
to sign up on.
I trust you will givo this letter your careful con¬
sideration and if you do I believe it will prove mutually profitable
to both of us. I will appreciate a prompt reply to this letter.
Yours very truly
J1M-E3S
fttbltr ftmito iElertrir Cnmpattg
" Broad & Bank Streets,
Newark , N. J. ,
June 14, 1912.
MEADOW CROFT,
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Valley Road, Orange, II . - .
Bear Sir:
X am sending you, under separate cover, a oopy
of "Comfort in the Home," a Booklet issued By this company,
in whioh appears your letter written to us under date of
January 11, 1912.
We wish to again thank you for your courtesy.
Very truly yourB,
ebp S)r~
On February 27, 1912, United States Patent No. r, 018, 302 was Issued to the General Electric
Company, broadly covering tbe TUNGSTEN INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMP, no matter how
made. One of the several claims of this patent is :
"A filament for incandescent lights consisting of tungsten in a coherent metallic
state and homogeneous throughout.”
Suit has been brought on this patent against the Laco-Philips Company in New York, that
Company being engaged in the importation and sale of tungsten lamps made in Holland.
It is our intention to prosecute this suit vigorously and to secure an injunction and an order for
an accounting of profits and damages with reference to the sale of these infringing lamps.
Similar suits will, in due course, be brought against others selling, using or making tungsten
lamps infringing our patents, where such suits may become necessary to protect the rights of the
General Electric Company, which has perfected the MAZDA TUNGSTEN LAMP and made it
available for the use of the public in this country.
While the patent particularly recited above covers the tungsten lamp broadly and fundamentally,
we are utilizing many important inventions constituting improvements— adding to the efficiency of the
lamps— which are and will be protected by patents. Among the issued patents are :
No. 819,009, dated April 24, 1906. No. 919,381. dated April 27, 1909.
No. 997,413, dated July ir, igu. No. r.ot3,958, dated January 9, 1912-
No. 1,013,965, dated January 9, 1912. No. 1,022,182, dated April 2, 1912.
No. 1,022,554, dated April 9, 1912.
Dealers in; and manufacturers and users of, tungsten lamps, as well as the public generally, are
hereby notified of our rights under these patents, and this notice is given in order that you may be
fully advised as to the situation.
This and supplemental printed or written communications that may 'similarly be issued, from
time to time by us, or by counsel, mentioned below, who have immediate charge of this litigation,
constitute the only authorized statements with reference to this patent situation.
Fish, Richardson, Herrick & Nbavb
Howson & Howson,
Dybr, Dyer & Taylor,
Counsel.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
By Albert G. Davis,
Patent Attorney,
THE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
OF BOSTON.
General Offices. 39 Boylston Street.
Boston, July 11, 1912.
Mr. William H. Meadow-croft,
c/o Thomas A. Edison laboratory,
Orange , II. J.
Bear Sir:-
X have your letter of July 9th,
addressed to Mr. Atkins, and take pleasure in
sending you under separate cover a copy of "Ode
To The Electric Carriage".
I trust the same will reach you in
due season, and with kindest regards from Mr. Atkins,
I beg to remain,
Very truly your 3,
Ssci(etary to^Ceneral Superiryte^dent.
JJB.MJJ).
SIMPSON, PEARCE & CO.
Ill BROADWA'
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I have discovered among the papers ofV-^
my uncle who just died, one hundred (100) shares y .
of Edison Electric Light Company of Europe, signed
hy you as President. - J' '
Will your kindly inform me if this certificate^
has any value, and oblige.
Very truly yours,
General Electric company
Main Incandescent Lamp Sat.^s Office
are of the proper size and perforated for insertion in the S.A.E.
hand hook.
'He trust that the information contained will he of
interest to you.
Additional copies may he secured upon request.
Yours very truly,
si.
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21st August 1912
Thomas A Edison Esq
Llewellyn Park
Orange Now Jersey
This is the thirtieth year of continuous Edison
service in Mew York City - 1882-1912 - excepting the very
short interruption which followed the Pearl street fire.
Wo wish to celebrate the event in some fitting way. The
anniversary of starting the Pearl street Station is Septem¬
ber 4th. We feel, howover, that it would be much better
to use the Electrical Exposition, opening October 9th, as
commemorating the thirty year period.
Special provisions are being made for the oporiing
day, and in the Exposition itself we are trying to get as
many exhibitors as possible to illustrate the today in
electrical apparatus in contrast with thirty years ago m
what the exhibitor then made, or, if nothing, what was avail¬
able to the publio for securing corrosponaing service. in
other words, to suggest what might be the condition of today
without your inventions and work.
Would it be practicable to join with us in a fit¬
ting commemoration of this event? It has seemed to me
that one exhibit might be made illustrating, at least basic¬
ally, your own work through our own and the many other fields
in which it has been directed. Were it practicable to
make suoli an orfaibit, or any part of it, this Company would
be vory glad to provide the space required in tho Hon Grand
Central Palace, and to equip it in any manner that might be
necessary to furnish a fitting background.
Miss Mary Ormsbee , Editor of The Edison Monthly ,
and Miss Helon Ormsbee, whom we havo especially retained
for nroparation of the volume to be issued at the time of
the Commemoration, entitlod "Thirty Years of Edison oervioe
in Hew York" , are going to the Laboratories tomorrow to
talk with Mr Koadowcroft. Could you spare a fen minutes,
they would tell you more in detail what our plans are, or
I should be glad to run out to the Laboratories at any time
to do this in person.
Believe
August 36th 1913.
Mr. William. H. Meadowcroft.
The Edison Laboratories,
Orange. IT,. J.
My dear Mr. Meadowcroft:
In connection with the "Thirty Years
of Edison Service" on which you so kindly assisted my sister
and me last week, may I recall your suggestion that we delay
our interview Yfith Mr. Edison until later.
It occurred to me, that it may be
better not to try to see Mr. Edison at all, but to ask your
good offices in securing a brief statement for the little
book, on the future of central station . service in large
cities.
Perhaps Mr. Edison ,in return for
not being disturbed, would dictate a paragraph giving his
opinion as to the further developement of Edison Service
in New York City, and its future possibilities for
usefulness.
Will you not help us to secure such
a statement from him?
Very truly yours.
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advise me if this is theloas^if^not , do you know who /J
first started the scheme? t~*>
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SCHENECTADY, N. Y,
Sopt. 6th, 1918.
Mr. H. P. Miller, Sec.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange. iJ* J-
Bear Mr. Miller:
Many thanks for your favor of the 4th inst.,
and please tell Mr. Edison that I am muoh obliged to
him for the information given therein regarding his
originating the idea of making free lamp renewals.
"Consulting Engineering Bept.
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Slmjrortmg bailor
322 MAIN STREET
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"Private Secretary to"
Thomas A. Edison, Esq* ,
Orang, Hew Jersey.
Bear Sir:-
I would thank you vary much if you will advise me
whether or not any one is alloewd to visit the house that
Mr. Edison has equipped with electricity, in Llev/ellyn Park.
1 believe that this place is called the Twentyioth Centwry house?
Is it necessary to sovcure a permit and if so how can one secure
it?
Thankingyou for your kind consideration, X aiu,
Very respectfully,
October 2nd 19X3
Thomas A Ediaon Esq
Llewellyn Park
Orange New Jersey
Dear Ur Edison
As our very honored guest at the Luncheon on
next Wednesday, the 9th, I am simply sending you the
accompanying invitation for your information and possibly
for your files. If it meats with your approval, we
will have a motor call for you, at the Laboratories or
at Llewellyn Park, in time to get here, and see that you
return safely at any time during the afternoon meeting
your convenience.
We are hoping that Urs Edison and Uiss Edison
will bo present. Perhaps they will find it convenient
to also make use of the motor,
Ur George B Cortelyou has Just Bent a message
saying that he is not going to be in the City at the time,
but desired to be especially remembered to you and to
congratulate you upon the completion of this Thirty Years
of Service. Likewise Mr Herman Ridder, who will be away
from the City, sent the same compliments to you personally.
Very sincerely
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Deoember 21, 1912.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.
Dear. Hr. Edison;; •
Thank you for your letter of the 16th. 1
appreciate very much your consideration in giving me the
reasons hocause of which you thought it well to place order
for the 76 KW- three-unit motor generator set recently pur¬
chased, for your Laboratory , with the Crocker-Wheeler Co.
A few months since, I suggested to one
of .my longtime- friends , who doed .^ome very interesting
original worktin adapting the use of eleotrioity to manu¬
facturing processes,- that being in need of a new storage
battery, he should try an installation of the Edison. He
purchased a few cells through Mr. Holden. , He recently
wrote to me as follows:
"W am daily more and more in love with the Edison
Battery. Mine, through the groBBest carelessness of others,
has had abuse no other kind would, or. could stand, and yet
it :iS:-in fine .condition." , thus another convert*.
I with kindest regards, and sending you best
Merry Chfcistmas and a Happy, Prosperous and
wishes for
, Healthful Hew Year, I am
FMK.MEH
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Yours. very tgi1^^
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Edison General File Series
1912. Employment (E-1 2-37)
This folder contains correspondence from or about employees and
prospective employees. There are also letters soliciting Edison's opinion
regarding former employees seeking positions elsewhere. Some of the
correspondence relates to employment requests for the West Orange
laboratory. Also included are memoranda by Miller Reese Hutchison
regarding the performance of various employees.
Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been selected.
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JHE CINCINNATI, HAMILTON & QAYTQI^RAILWAY COMPANY
Thos. A. Edison
Dear Sir*
Years ago when you were an operator at Indianapolis I run the
Depot Restaurant at this point. At that time I served you your meals free of
charge ,sinoe then good fortune has been your lot the reverse mine.
In consideration of past courtisioB thought you could
possibly place mo in a position whereby I might benifit.
This appeal is made through no selfiBh motive, bu.t., thought
if you would like to help me out a little same would be thouroughly<wpr*nre ,
I have the Dining Oar Service of the OH&D but have beon unable to ifcke any
thing for the past year*. Hoping that you can advise me of some profitable
investment and that I may hear from you soon, ^
I am yours truly. Ar
Jriars GUub
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Jan. 25/12.
Mr. Thomas. A: Edison.
Orange. N.J.
Dear Sir.
Some years since , in, 1878.
I had the novel experiment of singing for you in a Phonograph in
Broad St. New York City. and recording on the tin_foil eyninder, t
the song of Nancy Lee which was then popular.
I afterwards' gave concerts on tour giving exhibitions with Harry
Vail of Chickering Hall., as far west as my home_town of Lancaster. 0
After a career which embraced Italy, Paris and London, Imade my
New York appearanceand began a long and successful career.
During thiiee days+I sang for Walter Miller Quite frequently at
the Studio in 14 St. ^
After the advent of your Moving PicturesSposed in many of the most
successful films ever produced at your studio in JWenty-first St.
I was selected to supervise, construct, and produce the historical
scenario of the life of Pochahontas, which was the most elaborate
film ever issued from your Studio . I lectured on the same during
TheExposition at Jamestown. , ,
I have also done some work for Mr. Warden., in forty* third St,
He knows my connections in Ohio and my record and ability on the
stage as well as in Motionk-pietures.
Stake the liberty of stating these facts to show my long connection
with your interests in the amusement world .jp ; and hearing that you
were personally conducting experiments at Orange, I thought I would
express my desire to connect myself with your Talking Picture or_
ganization , pr, with the Moving Picture end in The Brppafipi^
s+acc Director or as a member of the Stock Company.
Singular to lay , I was the first to suggest organizing Stock for
moving picture manufacturers.
I hope this will reach you and receive a BUCKEYE, Sconsideratbon.
Thanking you in advance
I beg to remain.
Yours Cordially,
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will meet with your characteristic success.
Thanking you for the courtesy 1 received at
your office, I remain
Sincerely yours ,
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Newark, N. J-
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PHILLIPS, VAN EVEREN & F|Sh£(A-'
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May 8th, 1912.
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Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ,\Atcr^
West Orange! IT. J.
Mr. Herman Wolke, who in 1901 resided at San Francisco ,
and in 1905 resided in Newark, IT. J. , took out two patents on a
Steam Turbine, Nos. 748,678 and 768,210, which are of interest
to one of our clients. . It appears that a Hr. Herman Wolke, pre¬
sumably the same-man, was a resident of Orange, N.J. in 1908, and
in 1907 and 1908 made some inventions relative to phonographs,
described in the f o llowing-Un i t ed States Letters Patent:
936,222 936,274
936,264 999,937
936.268 1,007,407,
936.269
which he assigned to New Jersey Patent Company and to Thomas A.
Edison, Inc. V/e beg to inquire if you could put us in touch
with Hr, Wolke. Among other things that we would like partic¬
ularly to learn is whether or not he built a machine, and, if bo,
we would like to learn something about its efficiency. If Hr.
Wolke is at present with your Company, we would be greatly obliged
if you would be good enough to turn this letter over to him and
ask him to reply at his early convenience, as «e are interested
to obtain this information as soon as possible. We shall also
deem it a favor if you will advise .us. of _Kr. Wolke 'a address, or,
if you do not know it, of any way in which we may be able to
June 26th, 1912.
Dr.- T. W. Harvey,
463 Main Street,
orange.jj. J. .
Dear doc tor
Tour letter of June 21st 'to Hr. Edison has. been
referred to me for reply. ,1 have noted its
contents very carefully and would sty that my
repott to Mr; Edison was not exaggerated or bBBea
on a misunderstanding', os I had gathered the fatta
direct from the lips of Hr. Bayer and others in
the same ward.
m regard ; to the unbandaging of the leg to.’, which you
refer, *1. am told the leg was unbandaged.ar;d the
temporary splints ram oved at 11 o* clock, and that
both you end -the house surgeon then left the bed and
went to another ward to find other splints. These
splints noticing found the leg wae left, as it was
until 3 o'clock.in the afternoon, daring wliich time
Mr. Bayer was lying in terrible agony.
Personally I feel that it is hardly fair for you to
ask Hr. Edison to believe it necessary to leave un¬
protected and unsupported for four hours a leg in¬
jured as was! Mr. Buyer's hecause the proper splintB were
not at hand at, the moment. I had, however, no in¬
tention of criticizing the treatment which Mr. Bayer
received from you personally, as we all felt very
fortunate in obtaining your services os a physician, and
I understood you gave instructions to have the new splintB
put on, but these instructions were neglected for four
houra.
you will remember that Mr. Bayer complained to you
of this treatment the next morning and you asked him
why he did not send for you, and if you will recall the
conversation 1 think you will agree with me that 2
had grounds for my complaint; which, too, was not made
in entire Ignorance of hospital treatment, as the writer
was at one time in the employ of Samuel Thomas, President
../of St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pa., under Dr. sstiB,
having charge of all electrical apparatus such as 1b used
Dr. T. Harvey,
Page #2,
Jtme 26th, 1912.
In X-ray and static work, and was present at many
operations, and it would seen that Mr. Bayer's
injuries could have been taken care of in a more
suitable and satisfactory wpy by the local house
physician of the Memorial Hospital, and that after
orders had heen given by Dr. Harvey they should have
been carried out more promptly.
Tours respectfully.
P.S. - 1 am sending a copy of this letter to
Kir. Edison. .
F. Harley davis
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H 752 Metcalf PI.
Memphis. Tenn.
July 5 th. 1912.
Thomas A. Edisop<Esq
Orange.
Cear Hr. Edison:^ ^ probably PecolLect me as the man who invented the
rwi, Calvx Drill that you did your testing with at Stewartsvilte . I am
“I 1 ~ «» t.r J0« , «■ « >”»*'»' •
Davis, who is now back on^his ^p™y when roy two friends Adison
on, , . R Rand Of the Rand Drill Co. died and have been here in
th/south “ver^since . I have several patents pending and am desirous of
oiminriLu Can you find me something to do ? I should be glad to accept
anythin* in the way of a position that I am capable of handling . I am
a full Member of the A.3.M.E. and an expert mecanician specially adapted
to scheming-up new mechanical devices . I am a total absta Inar an
anticipation , I beg to remain.
Yours very truly.
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14 July. /
Mrs. Oberfdretar Odo Klaube, ndo Wangemann, write s in great anxiety about her son,
Engineer Juliua Klaube, whom Ur, Edison was so kind as to take into his entploy sometime
ago. She does this in remembrance also of the kindness shown to (her) brother ,,
Theo Wangamam.
She says that in view of the employment he had obtained, his fiancle
had . decided to leave Germany the beginning of last May and that on the 22nd of May,
she and Julius Klaube were married at the Leo House in New York, She states
that the young lady is competent as a stenographer and thought she might also earn
something in America, (Parenthetically she states that their money is tied up
and the interest is needed by her husband, who is about 60 years and that it can only
go to their children after their death.)
She then begs to be allowed, as a mother, to speak to Ur. Edison in
behalf of her son, A ftor his marriage she had some happy letters but just. a few
days ago she received a cable, reading: "Very sick. Out of a job. Please send
250.
She went to their savings box and telegraphed 250 marks, but did not know whether
dollars were meant or not, addressing telegram to Mrs, Engineer Klaube, 10 Valley Road,
West Orange, N.J, She states the* sheds terribly anxious, fearing that her son, for
some reason has lost his place with Mr. Edison, and begs Mr, Edison, out of goodness
of heart that her son Julius may bo reinstated. He and hiB wife are such strangers
and almost without means in a strange land and it is so hard to get work. She judges
perhaps that the great happiness of his early married life may have rendered him
somewhat careless in hia work but she is sure that this would be mended, as he v/ould
see now the earnest character of life. The word "Very Sick" caused her great fear
and she entreats Mr, Edison to make inquiry and give him work.
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/Priv. Richard Smith, Storage Battery under
foremanship of Mr. Geo. Poppa.
'-'Priv . prank Merwin, Storage Battery.
V Priv. Robert Titus, Storage Battery.
Corpl. Charles Sahs, Bates Job, under th(
foremahship of Hr. Henry Hirfchoff.
I feel that you are in sympathy with the work
of the Militia and would greatly appreciate if if the
above men couia be granted a leave of absence for the
period mentioned if they can be consistently spared
in their departments. ;
Quarters Company H. Fifth Regiment Infantry
Thanking you in anticipation and with kindest
personal regards, hag to remain,
Veiy respectfully.
Captain Codraanding Company H.
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A. EdiBon Company, in case you cared to
retain my services. 1 have just brought ny
family from Boston to Orange and rented
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tory.
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and assuring you that any information you may give us
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GENERAL 'j
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Mr Thomas A. Edison
Orange, H. J.
My Dear Sirj
your esteemed favors of Aug 21th, and 22nd, respeot-
_ive3y f received. I wish to thank you for your courtesy and kindness
in looking into this matter.
Replying to yours of Aug 21th, will state that last week I was
shown Mr Dyer's written orders to let me go. At the same time Mr Allan
Ramsey, now in charge of the Kinetophone Sent .verbally instructed me to
see Mr"' Walter Miller. 1 did so at once and was informed that he had
nothing for mej I thereupon wrote to you.
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-ions promised me that as soon as the iifth-Ave Studio re-opened in
September, I would be employed making Educational Records and some
preliminary work on the same would begin next week.
As I can only attribute this to your kind interest in my
behalf X take this occasion to thank you for the same.
I beg to remain yours appreciatively,
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Ur. Edison:-
I have oust had a talk with Nicolai regarding
night work, we both agree that if we ran the ehop three
nights a week until 9 P. H. much more satisfactory results
will be achieved, cutting out all night work entirely.
The conditions of the Country arc so prosperous
at the present time, that it is practically impossible to
get men to work that are really capable, furthermore , the
ginger seems to be entirely out of their system when work-
ing all night. The night man is a good man, and is doing
all he can to facilitate matters, but the grade of help
we' are able to hire for this work handicaps him very much.
I would very seriously recommend discontinuing
this all-night work in Nicolai's Department, J&tting only
three nights a week, as aforesaid.
November 9th , 1912,
Ur. Edison:--
In reference to memo of this date regarding dis¬
continuation of night work in Nicolai* s Department:
Ifxsuch-.is done,. -there will be available for
any service you may desire indisc manufacture, Ur. W.
Kroll, night foreraarf. He draws a -salary of §30.00 per
week for Bixty-five hours a week, hut as a matter of fact,
puts in seventy hours a v;eelc. He is an. efficient man and '
will, I think, he satisfactory for you on the job you spoke
to me about a few days ago.
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Hew York, 11/21/12.
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sirs-
Your favor. of the 20th inst, asking me
to send some ref erenoes, has just been reoeived.
I am sending you. three reference letters,
one from the American Hard Rubber Co., one from Mr.
A.H. Sohlesinger, fiormer superintendent and manager
of the College Point Works of the Am. Hard Rubber
Co., and. one from Mr. Walter E. Kidde. From, them
you will be able. to- get. a general idea of my ability.
If you. so desire you may. write, to. these
parties, also. the Edwin Harrington, Son S. Co. Inc.,
of Philadelphia, Mr. Chas. B.'Stilwell, M. E. Room.
802-803 Witherspoon Building, Phila. Pa., Dr. A. E.
Elliott, 27 Whitestone Ave, Flushing, N. Y. and Mr.
John M. Moe, 56 Pine St. , ' H. Y.
.These letters. that: I am sending you are
originals and: I would ask. you. to kindly see. that
they are returned to me personally when you are done
with. them.
Yours very. truly
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Mr. Charles B. Stilwell,
Room #802,
Witherspoon Building,
Philadelphia , pa.
Dear Sir:
I am thinking of giving Mr. William S.
Cobh an opportunity as Superintendent in one of my Depart¬
ments. The work is of a meohanioal nature and at present
there are about one hundred and fifty employees in the
Department •,
Mr. Cobb gives me your name as a refer¬
ence, and I shall be much obliged if you will kindly give me
your opinion as to his suitability for such a position.
Yours very truly,
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CHEMICALS,
OILS, &c.
ESTABLISHED 1865
JAS. S. BURROUGHS & CO.
WALLACE BUILD1N0,
NOS. 56 & 88 PINE ST. AND 26 & 28 CEDAR ST.
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BVEUURROW, NEW VORK.
Hr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange ,
Dear Sir
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New York, Nov. 25, 1912.
Yours of the 23rd to hand in reference to Hr. William S. Cobb.
I have known Mr. Cobb for many years and he is, I believe, a thoroughly
capable and efficient manager. He is a hard worker with his head as well
as his hands and I believe, thoroughly reliable in every way and I have no
hesitancy at all in saying that anything that he took hold of he would
make good at, because he would not tackle a proposition unless he was con¬
vinced he could handle it .
Yours very truly,
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American Hard Rubber Co.
ii Merger Street
NewYorK, November 25, 1912.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir: ATTENTION OE MR. ME ADOWCROET .
Mr. William S. Cobh was in our employ for over ten
years, and left ub only because he was able to get a plane with
higher pay and shorter hours. >v
He is a good machinist and will doubtless be of good
service to you.
Yours truly,
Presdt.
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November 25 , 1912
Mr, Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, Mew Jersey,
ATTENTION OF MR. MEADOWCROFT
Dear Sir:
In answer to your letter of the 23rd inst. concerning V/illiam
S. Cobb , I may say that I became acquainted with him in the reorganiza¬
tion and enlargement of the American Hard Rubber Company plant at
College Point, He appeared to me to be a man of good training in his
line and exhibited fidelty to his work. His employers seemed to think
well of him likewise and such work as came under our observation first
hand was entirely satisfactory and entitles him to good consideration.
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EDWIN HARRINGTON, SON & CO., he.
MACHINE TOOLS AND CHAIN HOISTS
H AND CALLOWHILL STREETS
OVERHEAD RAIL
SEAR CUTTING
Philadelphia, Pa., U. 5.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange , M . J .
Dear Sir:
We have your favor of the 23d, and In reply ,
Mr. wm. s. Cobb served his regular apprenticeship with this
While a 3 ourneyman w ith us, we built quite a
number of autimatio machines for making paper bags, and he had
charge of considerable of this work. When the machines were
completed, he left us to enter the employ of the Union Bag
& Paper Oo,, to take charge of the operation of these machines.
since then, we understand he has occupied
positions of importance, having charge of departments.
His mechanical training while with us and since
he left us, has been very good, and we have no hesitancy in
recommending him for the position offered.
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^.RS0URO OFFICE AND FACTORY:3l7--323 EAST 341B STREET A B
New YorkDs0> 4> l2
Thomas A. 3dison
Orange , E.j.
Dear Sir,-
V/e are just in receipt of your favor of the 3rd,
and wish to thank you for giving us I,Ir. Greene's address.
V/e shall communicate with him at once.
Yours very truly,
0. P. C03RZ AliilSIlI CAII OPTICAL COKPAITY
(B.D)
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<mber 6th, 1912.
DAIMLER MOTOREN GESELLSCHAFT
1784 BROADWAY
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, E. J.
My Dear Mr. Edison:
Will it he possible for you to see me for a few
du.lns Sue oominB ...Is on . ~U.r of .or, vit.l
SO .1 If sou can. lot ». too. *•» I "»» *«“ mi 1 1,111
oome out any time convenient to you.
yours very truly,
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to Mr. Meadoworoft ba3 simply to do with whether there is any ohanoe of
employment for me in your works at Orange.
If you oan possibly spare me about fifteen minutes
of your time some day this week, I will appreciate it very much indeed.
MEADOW C^OFT.
Edison General File Series
1912. Equipment and Supplies (E-12-38)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining
to the purchase of equipment and supplies for the West Orange laboratory.
Among the items for 1912 are letters to and from the Eastern Fibre
Decorating Co. regarding the use of their fiber as a covering for disk
phonograph turntables. Also included is correspondence concerning the
procurement of a compressor and chemical supplies. Some of the documents
relate to Edison's refusal to deal with the Crane Co. , manufacturers of valves,
fittings, and steam specialities.
Less than 5 percent of the documents have been selected. All of the
items written by Edison or bearing his marginalia have been selected. The
unselected material consists primarily of unsolicited correspondence from
vendors and suppliers and routine documents concerning the settlement of
accounts.
EASTERN FIBRE DECORATING COMPANY
Hr. W. H. Medowcroff,
Edison Labor at lea,
Oraneo, N. J'.
Bear Sir:
I would bo pleased to take up with Ur. Edison the matter of covering
such materials ao might be desired with our new fibre process, and an appointment
with him at his convenience will be agreeable to me. Would suggest that meanwhile
you have sent us one of the disko, boxes or otherwise to cover with our flock
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Kail Jtaratum
TTHEjib
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This pro^» - - -
First. A chemically prepared adhesive
sizing, which is applied to the wall or surface
» hrmh the same as paint. This ad¬
hesive is waterproor. .
Second. A powder or short Bbre made
from silk. wool. wood, or other suitable rna-
"iSKw b«nte" hly lieatad
wTthe adhesive sizing. This f«breadheres
uffiy, 'a'd'The'nTe" izing dries. wWeh
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and artistic, and presents a richness in color
and tone effect quite impossible to obtain
from wall papers or fabrics.
There are no joints, seams, laps, folds or
It is also furnished in numerous combina¬
tions of silk, wool and wood fibre, with many
of which may be mixed mica or gold bronze
powder, thus affording ■ a great variety of
uniaue effects of decided beauty.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Jan. 10th, 1912
Mr. Chas. F . Brown , l>res..
Eastern Fibre' Decorating Co.,
105 West 40th 3t.,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir;-
v0ur favor of the 6th instant was duly received, ana
I have this morning spoken to Mr. Edison about your new fibre
prooesB. He says that he would be very glad if you would Bena
hin a sample, whioh might consist of a piece of metal covered
with your flock. He would be able to form some opinion from
this as to whether sww^oould make practical use of your produc¬
tions. If you will kindly send thiB sample to me, I will
see that it is brought to -his attention.
Thanking you for your attention in the matter, I
remain, \
Your 8 very truly,
whm/es
Ll communications to the company.
4 January 10, 1912.
Atlas
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Menlo Park. H. J. ^JL C ..
Bear Sir, 4
You are quoted in the "dSlf^presa'asHavine ex3e*SBed the opijslm
\ v4-^C^-<WsA {^VvT UTM W-4<VAM<Kt^
that one of the greatest achievements of . the -past year is th^ development^-.
^4^^ ^ c^^xU^JCLL olj
and near perfeotion of the Biejel
We agree with you, 4pd as it h&T occurred to u8 that it may he
of interest to you to know what*pH&e#dW afcn£* tSs lS^lne A«£i-
can concern, formerly manufactu^T^l^g^nratih^lof steam engines and^
a ^^^t'^ner our Bulletin Bo. 201, re-
i a aomDlete/jeport of
JLJkfcT®. -
hollers, we are sending under
lating to Atlas Oil Engines ol
the series of tests conducted by Ci. E. Sargent,
connected unit. y • •
Our engines have cylinders |l" diameter hy 30" stroke and
rate them 150 BHP per cylinder. y
We are prepared to furnish single engines- of j^wo and three cyl¬
inders, respectively 300 and 450 BHP capacity.
We are prepared to furnish double engines of the Cross-Coupled
a 300 BHP direct-
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te and we
Edison - Page Two.
January 10, 1912.
typo, of four and six cylinders, respectively 600 and 900 BHP capacity.
Those engines are arranged with fly wheels and generators between the
outboard bearings as per the upper picture on page 34 of the bulletin,
using either rigid or flexible couplings according to individual condi¬
tions.
The standard speed of our engines is 170 B.P.M. , but we can
vary it within reasonable limits to meet the requirements of the electrical
manufacturers, who usually call for either 167 or 171 H.P.M. , or Borne inter¬
mediate Speed.
With respect to details of design and construction, our engine
is similar to the famous and successful Diesel engines built in Europe,
and it bears very little resemblance to the Diesel engine heretofore built
in this country.
The designer of the Atlas Oil Engine was associated with the
American Diesel Engine Company during its entire period of development,
and as the result of knowledge gained from the experience of the original
licensees in this country and abroad, we have supplied many important ele¬
ments in which earlier engines, gotten up without the guidance of previous
data and experience, were somewhat deficient.
Familiar as you probably are with the older forms of construction,
the value of the following specific improvements will doubtless appeal to you:
We have looated the valve gear entirely outside in plain view and
within easy reach of the operator, thus eliminating all necessity for
Edison - Page Four. January 10, 1912.
of the latter striking the cylinder head on the exhaust or free stroke,
as the result of loose pin hearings.
Instead of the continuous crank case extending under all of the
cylinders, as provided hy other American builders of internal combustion
engines, which the engineer must climb into and wallow in filth every so
often, we have a separate "A" frame under each cylinder, following European
practice in this respect. As an added factor of safety, notwithstanding
their very massive proportions, we have relieved these frames entirely of the
tensile stresses from the cylinders, by transmitting these stresses in straight
lines from the bottom of each cylinder through four heavy steel rods directly
to heavily reinforced anchoring places in the base below the oenter of the
main shaft. When the engine is running the several "A" frames are really
in compression, the ideal condition for cast iron.
The housings which hold the parts of the main bearings are massive,
and are cast integral with the base of the engine, but entirely outside of
the crank case. The removable saddles or reservoir boxeB, in which the
lower sleeve or babbitted box of each, bearing rests, are filled with the
splash from the orank case. The saddles or reserv.oir boxes are raised
or lowered at will, since they in turn rest on wedges, each of which is
controlled by four heavy bolts protruding through the engine base and ad¬
justable from the outside. This is an important and time saving conven¬
ience, because any lack of alignment will likely be discovered through the
overheating of one or more of the bearings, and it can be adjusted while
the engine is running, instead of delaying action until a desirable moment
- Page Five.
January 10, 1912.
for shut-down. After removing the babbitted cap which forms the upper half
of each main bearing, and slacking up on the wedge by manipulation of the
wedge adjusting boltB, the lower sleeve or babbitted box of each bearing
can be rolled out around the shaft for inspection and such attention as
it may require, and then rolled back into place, without jacking up the
shaft or getting into the crank case. Thus, we have reduced to a minimum,
so far as can be accomplished by intelligent design and construction, the
likelihood of damage to the crank shaft.
The wearing surface of the cylinder is cast separately from the
water jacket. This provides for linear expansion. It also enables us to
use a selected grade or hard, close-grained, slow-wearing iron especially
suitable for the purpose, and insures the same wall thickness throughout
the entire circumference so that lateral expansion, if any, will be uniform
and not draw the bore of the cylinder into an elliptical form, thus allowing
the gases to esoape around the piBton, as is the caBe when, as a result of
a core shifting in the mold, the walls are thicker on one side than on the
other. We finish each lining both inside and out and as it is a very simple
and inexpensive casting the possibility of a faulty casting iB very remote,
and should we experience such a misfortune the rejection of the casting would
hot involve a loss of any serious consequence. Should a liner become scored
or damaged in operation, it can be removed and replaced by a new one within
five hours* time, with the additional advantage of using the old piston and
rings. The cost of a new liner and of putting it in place is less than the
cost of reboring the cylinder in the older design. The saving of the original
Edison - Page Six. January 10, 1912.
piaton and packing ia a clear gain.
Wa have had in mind that the cylinder heads on internal combustion
engines frequently are subjected to more severe service than any other part
■or parts. It is important that they should be of such form and weight as
•to neutralize the effects of expansion and contraction. We believe we have
provided for this as far as it is possible to do so. Our cylinder heads
have no sharp comers or angles, nor any ribs to hold casting strains. Their
peculiar' shape, together -with perfect water circulation and the fact that the
fuel never touches the heads, should contribute to long life.
The governor is driven directly from the crank shaft through a
single pair of gears and is not subject to the jars and stresses of the valve
gear. . It is of the well-known high speed Porter type, used for many years on
high-class Corliss engines, very sensitive and powerful. It has no springB
for adjustment, and always maintains a standard position for each difference
in speed. The pump mechanism, as described in our bulletin, iB exceedingly
sensitive. The measuring stage operates against pressures not in excesB of
the atmosphere, and the result is a closeness of regulation never before ob¬
tained in an internal combustion engine. It alr,o operates without a stuffing
box, which eliminates the possibility of its sensitive properties being nulli¬
fied by running with the stuffing box either too tight or too loose. There
are no springs in connection with the pump, and there -is no reason why its
efficiency and accuracy should bo affected by long service.
The proportions of the engine are very massive and the wearing sur-
orank shaft is 11-1/2" in diameter.
liberal'. The
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11-1/2" x 24", the crank pins H-l/2" x 12", the piston pins 8." x 11",
and the connecting rode of round section, 8" in diameter near the crank
end, 6-1/2" near the piston end, and 6' 2-1/4" long between pin centers.
The base of a two-cylinder engine weighs 25,000#, each "A" frame
11,850#, each cylinder liner 2260#, each piston 2400#, each connecting rod
2150#, the counterweights on each.ipair of crank throws 2750#, the crank shaft
9000#, and the fly wheel 40,000# in halves. The three-cylinder base weighs
36,000# and the shaft 12,000#. The other parts are the same as in the two-
oylinder engine.
Some of the best mechanics and students of thermodynamics in the
world have been working on the development of the Diesel Oil Engine for nearly
twenty years, with the result that complicated mechanisms have given way to
simple designs and harmonious combinations of parts that are as reliable in
performance as the best steam engine ever built. As a matter of fact, there
is less about an Atlas Oil Engine to get out of order than there is in a first-
class steam plant, and upkeep cost is no greater.
We have carefully avoided untried innovations, and have made no
effort to improve the Diesel cycle, because it is now universally recognized
as the most efficient principle of combustion known to the art of engineering.
We have simply built it into a thoroughly practical, dependable engine, and
surrounded it with the most approved forms of modem mechanical construction.
The massive proportions, the strength, simplicity and accessibility of every
bit of meohanism, and the means that we have provided for convenient and accurate
inspection, adjustment and repair, are elements that are conducive to constant
service and long life, and render it more nearly fool-proof than any previous
January 10, 1912.
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Edison - Page Bight.
design of internal combustion engine. Of courae, we cannot entirely
forestall neglect or abuse, but we have reduoed these to remote possi¬
bilities by removing the temptation to leave undone that which should
be done from time to time.
A 300 BHP Atlas Oil Engine has been in direct-connected electrical
service here at our Works, carrying the load of one of our most important
departments for a total of 5000 hours, which is equal to a year and eight
months on the basis of 10 hours per day and 300 days per year. This engine
was started up last January and it has run a great deal of the time twenty
four .hours per- day. On one occasion, it ran continuously for thirty dayB
and nights without stopping for any purpose whatever. During the next
thirty days, it ran continuously from Sunday midnight until the following
Saturday midnight. The load during each period averaged about three-quarters
of the capacity of the engine. The details of the results obtained are given
on page 13 of our Bulletin No. 201.
We have been working on the Diesel engine for three years. The
first two years of this time were devoted to the proper design, construction
and erection of the first engine. A considerable portion. of the last year
was spent in convincing ourselves that we had produced what our designer
promised, and we only recently announced the engine to the public. We
have made haste slowly because we cannot afford to make any mistake. Prom
the beginning we have been determined that every part of this engine shall
be as nearly perfect, both in design and construction, as it can be made with
• current knowledge of engineering. After a year's service, during which
period the engine and the working .drawings thereof have been submitted to a
Page Nine.
• January 10, 1912.
great many engineers who are thoroughly familiar with both steam and.
internal combustion 'engines, we can truthfully say that if there is a
feature of our design that is not at least equal to the most advanced
methods employed in this country or in Europe, it has not yet been pointed
out to us and we are unaware of its existence.
Just one other point along this line, - we have rated our engine
more conservatively than the old Company. If wo rated our engine on the
same basis that, they rate theirs, we would sell it for 166-1/2 BHP per cyl¬
inder instead of ISO. This statement oan easily be verified -by multiplying
the areas of the respective pistons by the piston travel of each engine, sb
follows
16x24 American Diesel Engine or
Busch-Sulzer Bros. Diesel Engine,
Bated 75 BHP per oylinder,
165 B.P.M. , 660' of piston travel.
Area one piston 201.062
Piston travel _ 660
132,700.920
21x30 Atlas Oil Engine
(Diesel Type),
Bated 150. BHP per oylinder,
170 B.P.M. , 850' of piston
travel.
Area one piston 346.361
PiBton travel _ 850
294,406.850
Thus, it will be seen that the capaoity of our so-called 150 BHP
oylinder is 2. 22* times the capacity of the cylinder which the old Company rates
75 BHP. In other words, if we assume that their oylinder is equal to 75 BHP,
the capacity of ours is 75 x 2.22, or 166-1/2 BHP, and our engine is 11$ larger
in proportion to its rating than the engines of the old Company.
As to the matter of fuel consumption, it is approximately the same
in all four-cycle, single acting engines of the Diesel Type. We guarantee
that the fuel oil consumption will not exceed 8 gallons per 100 BHP hours,
or 12 gallons per 100 K.W. hours, when the load during the running period aver-
Edison - Page Ten. . r January 10, 1912.
ago s between one-half and full rated capacity. As a matter of fact,
we reach a net efficiency of 3052, and the experience of users is that
the actual consumption is between 6 and 6-1/2 gallons per 100 BEP hours
and 9 to 10 gallons per 100 K.W. hours delivered at the switchboard, at
any load between one-half and full rating. ThlB means that the fuel cost
per K.W. is l/lO of what a single gallon of common fuel oil costs, and, of
course, we eliminate entirely all boiler-room expense.
We believe you will recognize the practical wisdom of the forward
steps we have taken, and the apparent superiority of our design over what
our contemporaries are offering in this country.
Very truly yq
EASTERN FIBRE DECORATING COMPANY
llr. Wm H. Meadoworoft ,
c/i ? Ediaon Laboratory,
Or ansa, N. J.
Jan. 11, 1912.
Dear Sir :
Complying with your request of the lOinst we take pleasure in sending you by
nail a piece of natal oovered by our Fibre prooese, and we trust sane will' meet with
Ur. Edisona entire approval.
Any oolored fibre desired oould be used, and if a wool would. not answer silk
could be used at a slight additional cost.
The sample submitted is covered with American flock, but in the near future
we plan to use the imported only.
Only a short tine ago we covered a turntable for the Victor Oo. of Camden N.J.
and they are only awaiting our proposition, and so soon as our Company is re-organized
which wo expect will take place next week, then we will see what we can do with the
counter proposition made us by them.
One of the greatest faults we understand, they have is with the miaath cloth
pealing up at the edges. With our treatment this will not occur.
All necessary materials could be procured from us, and your workman apply same
at a great saving over the oost of other coverings.
Awaiting your favors, we remain,
Yours very truly,
Eastern Fibre Deoorating Oo.,
Jem. 15/12
President , Eaetom Fibre Decoratine Co.,
105 West 40th St.,
llew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 11th instant anti sample came
duly to hand. Mr. Edison thought that the deposit was not
quite deep enough for his purpose, hut assumes that it can
he made deeper.
From the contents of your letter it would seem
that we could obtain materials and instructions from you so
that the work could he done here by our own workmen. If
this assumption is correct, will you kindly advise. me as to
v/hat terms you would make.
YourB very truly.
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in accordance with your request the other day so you can stop Lancaster
buying any more material; simply using up what material, he has on hand
at the present time. I understand that T. A. Edison, Inc. will take
over the plant, and wish that Mr. Miller would give. the Battery Company
credit for all material issued on our shop order.
Chpy to Mr. H.F. Miller.
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Hr. \7. Eokert: .
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following? y°Ur Stocl£ of Tetra°Hloronapthalene the
317 pounds tetra-chloro napthalene (distilled
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with you at any time it/would be convenient
as we would like to secure part of your
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Edison General File Series
1912. European Tour (1911) (E-12-39)
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to publicity and other
matters related Edison's European tour, taken with his family during June-
October 1911. Among the correspondents are longtime Edison associate
Francis Jehl and Etienne de Fodor of the Societe Generate d'£lectricite in
Budapest, who published a biography of Edison in Hungarian. Additional
items concern Edison's use of a motor car to travel through France to
Switzerland, Austria, and Germany.
All of the documents have been selected.
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.He1 •Thomas A. Edison,
ORANGE ,New Jersey,
United States of America,
We have had occasion to collect t
and articles that have appeared in connection with your European trip, and
. out of the same we have been able to conclude that in no country did your
visit produce such a favorable impression as in Hungary.
Although you have given to American reporters and news¬
paper men* your views and ideas upon the condition of things as you found
or experienced while in Switzer land, France and Germany, we have missed in
all these interviews any reference or word regarding your opinion or im¬
pression regarding Hungary and its people.
Since then,we may mention,we have found it not only an
agreeable task to nurture end keep fresh, so. as to say.the impressions that-
you have made upon us while here,but our Iir.de Fodor has further succeeded
to induce, ana warm up, one of the best and most known Hungarian writer to
write a book with the title"Edison"that deals exclusively with your bio¬
graphy. To this book HT.de Fodor himself, has written an extensive foreword,
and therein he describes all the incidents of your Journey from Vienna to
Budapest and your sojourn while here.together with what you said concerning
t,his coimtirv.The 'first finished copy of this book we have sent you to-day
1
personal collection of books in your, library. Vie may mention that the
publishers will launch the same end of February.
It would please and gratify us very much if the book, as
well as the endeavours of our Mr.de Fodor in this direction should receive
your approval, and in which case we beg you to kindly write him a personal
note of approbation and among which some remarks regarding Hungary and the
book, which he could publish and thus also help the publishers to push their
sales of the same here. You will see that the whole got-up of the book is
admirable, while at the same time you must admit that the work in writing,
publishing it ect. is an example of extreme radipity,and that Mr.de Fodor
has shown that he is a "brick".
Hr.de Fodor'- would also be very much pleased if you would
have the kindness to show the book tb Mrs .Edison and hopes that she also
will be favorably impressed with it,while at the same time he sends to you
and your dear family his kindest regards and compliments; Vie remain.
Youtb very truly
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison.
EdlBon Laboratory
Orange Mew Jersey.
Dear; Mr. Ediponj-
I Deg to acknowledge the reception of -your favor of the
16th. Inst, together with the copy of Mr. Honnot s letter concerning
the Bordi affair. This matter X am glad to mention is now definitively
settled, and I confirm every word about Bardis character as given by
Mr. Monnot. He is worst then ten Greeks, and we soon found out that he
was a most disreputable person to deal with for he took an advantage of
the breakdown and just charged what he lilted. A fault lies also with
the Daimler concern for they ought to instruct their chauffeurs as to
what repairs they are allowed to moke and should first ascertain the
costs. Our part in the matter was. to find the agent that handles the
Daimler , cars here in Budapest so that a new axle could be Immediately
substituted., and take the guarantee that the bill would be honoured.
This we did and then Bordi stuck on us like a leech for the payment of
the same While the Daimler Co. began in a dilatory manner to dicker
with him about the costs Whereas their first obligation was to free us
and then negotiate, for what we did was for you end not for the Daimler.
I may mention that Mr. de Eodor has received the Beach
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Storage Battery Gar book acid has studied its interesting contents ; he is
at present in nice where he wants to revive the nerves that business
cand hard work have strained.
X have taken notice of the fact that you will shortly
come out with something new and will give us on opportunity to handle it
and for which I tender you my best thanks.
Trusting that you and your family are enjoying good
health and with kind regards , I remain.
Yours very truly
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My Dear Sir:-
I have. received a handsome oopy of the hook entitled
"Edison", vfliich, I understand, owes its existence to your good
self. I wish I were more conversant withthe Hungarian language,
hut would s'ay that so far as my examination of the work goeB it
appears to he an excellent production, and I. trust your expecta¬
tions in regard to its circulation may he amply realized.
My impressions of my recent trip abroad are Btill
fresh in my mind, and X think there is none more vivid and satis¬
factory than those of my. trip through Hungary, which country far ex¬
ceeded my expectations in being so full of life and up to date.
I have taken your book home, where it will occupy
a place in my library. Mrs. Edison is also well pleased with it.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, New Jersey.
My dear Mr. Edison; -
It is with pleasure that X beg to inform you that
I have received your favor of Feb. 13th. wherein you confirm the
reception of the Hungarian book containing your biography.
I may mention that I have been informed by the
publishers that the sales are brisk, and that the public are evincing
considerable interest for the same.
In conclusion I may further state that I am glad
■ to hear that you were favorable impressed with the condition of
things you saw while here in Hungary .
With the kindest and sincerest regards to you,
Mrs. Edison and the other members of your family, X remain.
Yours most, truly.
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Mr . Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, New Jersey,U.S.A.
I have received your favor of Febuary 13th. ,Snd
j notice that you are satisfied with the Hungarian work con¬
taining your biography.
1 the issue of the' Electrical World
containing the notice regarding your 65th', birthday celebration and have
missed among the mention made of cables received notice of ours. Did
you receive it? We sent you on the 10th. of Feb. the following cablegram;
'' We tender you our sincerest wishes and .congratulations
" and express thereby the sentiments that Hungarians also
" entertain for you. We earnestly hope that your health,
"spirits and activity will be preserved in the future
" as it has been in the past. Three rousing cheers for Edison.
Etienne de Fodor. Francis Jehi.-
X may mention that I comfirmed the above cablegram from Bale in Switzer¬
land on a postal card. With best regards to all,! remain.
Mr. Etienne de Fodor,
VII Kazinczy-utcza, 19
Budapest, Hungary.
My- dear de Fodor:-
Your esteemed favor of May 29th oame to hand
in due season, and within the last few days I have also re¬
ceived the souvenir mentioned therein.
■ To put it mildly, I am fairly overwhelmed
with the heauty and magnificence of the album which you have
so kindly designed and sent me to commemorate the occasion
of my visit to your Beautiful City last summer.
As a work of art the album is unique and is.
the acme of perfection to the minutest detail. I have never
seen anything of the kind more beautiful. As a token of
friendly feeling, and as a soiivenir of an enjoyable visit
long to be remembered, I shall treasure this album and re¬
gard it as one of ray cherished possessions.
Allow me to tender my sincere thanks for this
handsome gift, and to express my appreciation of the honor you
have done me in conferring upon me such a striking and endur¬
able memento of ray pleasant sojourn with you.
My wife and family desire to join with me
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recently returned from
Europe,! thought -it would perhaps interest yon tof go ovi
, route mentally and incidentally to benefit one who was i:
employ a few, years ago, and so ask you to please give me
3 about what to do and se
r there. You will remomhe:
me when*! remind !you that Mr. Hatch and 7. rned over hatterry pate*
ents and descriptions for yon before the storage hatterry was
on the market.
I am now connected with my father's business and expeot
to accompany him to Europe next month, pot however on business.
He is asufferer from hay fever and finds complete relief from it
in being over there during the season from early in August to
October. Strange to say Europeans olaim to find relief from the*
same trouble by coming to this country. It is certainly peculiar
My going is rather Unexpected and as J. have never thought
muoh about snoh a trip I don't know what I would like to do or •*
see over there. I know that you are able to suggest many things
that I would find of extreme interest if I should be able to fol*
low out the suggestions. •
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Edison General File Series
1912. Exhibitions (E-12-40)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's involvement in exhibitions, trade shows, anniversary celebrations,
and meetings of electrical and other industries. Among the documents for
1912 are letters concerning the annual Northwestern Electric Show in
Minneapolis and an exhibition of the Iowa Electrical Association. Also included
is correspondence with Ludwig M. Goldberger regarding the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition to be held at San Francisco in 1915.
Less than 1 0 percent of the documents have been selected. Invitations
that were unanswered or routinely declined by Edison have not been
selected.
NORTHWESTERN ELECTRIC SHOW ASSOCIATION
THIRD ANNUAL ELECTRICAL SHOW
f- -Trass MARCH 16-23.1912
INDUSTRIAL MECHANICAL EXPOSITION^
HANICAL EXPOSITION -
MINNEAPOLIS TWIN CITY. U. S. A.
February 17th, 1913.
Mr. Thomas' A; Edison,
Orange, N..T.
Dear Mr. Edison:
In regard to the arrangements made for
opening our 1913 northwestern Electrical Exposition
by pressing a button on March 16th, we have decided
to designate this first day as "Edison Day" and X
have arranged with Governor A. 0. Eberhart to be
present at the time we will later designate and would
like to have you send him a telegraphic message at
that time. This message to be in a sense an expression
of your views of the progress of t he electrical art
to date or a prophesy of the ’future or both as you
see fit.
While X hope you will not feel that I am
imposing upon your kindness, but if you can do this
it will certainly be appreciated and I am sure very
inspiring in connection with the educational features
of our Exposition.
Trusting this arrangement will be satis¬
factory to you, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
Acknowleding further you kind favor of Feb
39 and March 5, I note by your telegram received
this morning that my night letter of Feb. 9th
reached you. X have just written Mr. Edison a letter
to Fort Meyer ae per enclosed copy which is self-
explanatory.
Undoubtedly I will hear from you by mail
during the next couple of days but if there is
anything .of inportance in the way of plans made at
Orange before Mr. Edison left in connection with the
pressing of the button and message he was to Bend
to Governor Eberhart on Saturday March 16, would be
glad to have you wire me providing any letters now
in transit does not cover the essential information
on this point.
X note there is a probablility of your
bringing Mrs. Hutchinson with you and think it would
be an excellent trip for her. My own family is some¬
what broken up as Mrs. Clark has been in the hospital
for nearly eight weeks for special treatment and I am
in hopes we will be able to get her out in time to
visit the exposition which she is very much interested
in.
Had a talk with Mr. V?ard Burton the other
day and Mr. H. J. Burton also called me up on the phone
and said he had heard from you. They are very enthus¬
iastic over your coming and believe are making some
plans for you to spend Saturday (al so Mrs. Hutchinson
if she comes along; at their lake home.
As advised in my telegram of last night the
formal opening of the exposition will be at 3 P.M.
Saturday March 16, central time. We however plan to
admit the publio as early as 1:30 so that they may
M.R. Hutchinson #3-
,,ba present in considerable numbers to enjoy the festiveable of
lights when Mr. Edison presses the button that turns them on at
3 P.M.
Referring to the post script on your lettaer of Feb. 39th
I note what you said in regard to maintdining secrecy on your
coming for fear that it might be necessary for your to change your
Plans, however,, in this commection, I mailed you last night pages
from newspapers of recent issue that had been published prior to your
note being received, which, of course, makes no difference how as
your coming is definitely settled.
I also sent you other clippings and program of the insti¬
tute and electrical engineers convention, and the latter you will
note your are scheduled for a paper on Tuesday, March 19 and as
per my message of last night, I advised Mr. Pocock, St. Paul Gas
Light company that no special plans had been made that would take
up your time on Monday evening March 18 and that if he oould arrange
for your talk in St. Paul at that time, it would not conflict with
the program here.
With very kind regards.
Yours very truly,
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
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March 10th, 1913.
My Dear Mr. Edison:
In connection With the official opening of
our 1913 Northwestern Eleotrioal Expcsition, in which
you so kindly consented to participate, would eay
in a recent letter your Mr. Hutchinson advised me
that you would go to your Florida home where you
would be on Maroh 16, the opening day. I also have
a wire from him this morning stating that you.had
left for Fort Meyer yesterday the 9th and also that
he expected to arrive here, on Saturday morning Maroh
16 to be present at the opening.
I have up now with the postal telegraph
people the matter of arranging for your touohing the
button at 3 P.M. oentral time that will be the signal
for turning on the lightB and starting the machinery
of the coming exposition. As soon as the telegraph
oompany completes arrangements will wire you.
Referring to your telegraphio message to
be sent to Governor AY 0. Eberhart of Minnesota,
some time between 3 and 3 P.M. Saturday March 16
(oentral time) would like to have you address the
Govennor, oare Northwestern Eleotrioal Exposition,
Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis Twin City, U.S.A.
In your message if you can conveniently
do so, it would be highly appropriate to Incorporate
an expression of your views on the future of eleotri-
oity. This message, in a sense, is to be to the
people of the Twin City and the Northwest and the
number of words ie to be optional with you.
In closing will eay I will keep in touch
with you on important details that may develop between
now ‘and opening of exposition.
Yours very truly.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
A Modern Education |
1912 Northwestern 1912
ELECTRICAL!
EXPOSITION
Seven Days, Starting Saturday, Mar. 16
100 INTERESTING EXHIBITS
ALSO SPECIAL FEATURES I
Minneapolis Armory, Kenwood Parkway J
Night Letter Postal Telegraph March 11, 1912.
v'
R. W. Clark,
General Electric Uo.,
Minneapolis, Minn,
HAVE YOU ARRANGED WIRE EDISON RES¬
IDENT FLORIDA . WHEN HE PRESSES KEY
OPENING SHOW' SATURDAY. IP YOU DESIRE
1 WILL SEND HIM SUCH- MESSAGE AS YOU
PREPARE AS I.'M TELEGRAPH OPERATOR.
LEAVING NW/ YORK TWELVE FORTY THURS¬
DAY AFTERNOON. MADAME AND TOO OF MY
BOYS GOING WITH ME. WILL WIRE BURTON
FROM CHICAGO. .
M. R. HUTUHIRON.
NIGHT LETTER
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA "553 SERVICE TO ALLTHE WORLD^_
, « Qranee,- ■'
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Minneapolis Minn March 1E-1E
Miller Reese Hutchinson
Care Thomas A EdiBon laboratory
Answering telegram eleventh arrangements now completed Eaison message
button _ _
Western union will not attempt to have EaiBon press* Port Meyer have
arranged with local Western Union Office to send signal from Main Office
to Exposition this will Buff ice you arrange to have Eaison message to
Governor Elberhardt here Saturday morning we will do the rest .If possible
have message oover Edisons views of progress of Eleotrioal Art to date
and prophecy for futtoe Afvise Edison of details...
R W Clark.... 300 A.M.
Night Letter to Mr. Thoms A. Edison.,
Port Myers , Fla. Ay Postal Telegraph.
NORTHWES TERM ELECTRIC SHOWMIWEAPOLIS
TELEGRAPHS DIFFICULTY ARRANGING WIRE
YOUR HOUSE FDR OPENING EXHIBITION.
DON'T FORGET TELEGRAPH GOVERNOR EBERHART
FRIDAY NIGHT CONGRATULATIONS ON NORTH¬
WESTERN PROGRESS ESPECIALLY MINN¬
ESOTA. ALSO YOUR VIEWS PROGRESS ELECTRICAL
ART TO DATE AND PROPHECY FOR FUTURE.
THESE BOYS HAVE 'WORKED HARD AND DESERVE
BIG SEND-OFF.
M. R. HUTCHISON.
IOWA ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION
S MOINES. IOWA. Har. 2TC 1912
Secretary to Hr. Thoms a a. Edison,
fvr IJ
i possible co have Lr . Edis<
. tlie opening of our Ele
: Show, April 23-27 th
congratulating the Iowa Association on the Shi
ni = regrets that he is unable to be preaent?
iciation will greatly appreciate this.
If thi» meets with his approval, kindly sdnd 3
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Dear Mr. MLiwJfi r>-*0 ^
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As you know, in celebration of the
completion of the Panama Canal, the
Panama Pacific International Exposition
will be held at San Francisco in the year 1915, (opening February
20, closing December 4) organized by the Directors of the Panama
Pacific International Exposition Company. The President of the Uni¬
ted States under the proclamation Bigned February 2, 1912, and autho¬
rized by an act of Congress, approved February 15, 1911, has invi¬
ted all nations to take part in the Exposition.
It is clear, that the completion of the Panama Canal and
its opening is one of the most wonderful and important works of man¬
kind. We here in the old World follow the prospects and the coming
development with the greatest appreciation. Sut.^between^the^histo-
rical event itself and the Festivals, celebrating this event, it
seems to me, there exists an essential difference.
Animated by 'the wish- to study seriously the matter, I
have the deepest interest to. be informed about two questions .which
P. T. 0.
are connected very cloeely herewith. For this purpose I will ask
the opinion of a few prominent men in the United States. So I take
the liberty, dear Mr. Edison, to call in your aid also, and that
in a private and absolutely confidential way.
The two questions . are the following !
a) Do you believe that the people of the United States con¬
sider the Exposition in San Francisco as a local enter¬
prise ( that " of” a” single” State) " " or' " what is asserted,_a_
national undertaking supported by the sympathy and the
enthusiasm of the whole of the citizenhopd_.*'
h) Do you belTeve"~that the industries of the East which in
St. Louis 1904 stood aloof from the Exposition have the
intention to take part 1915. in San Francisco ?
I would be very grateful, if you would have the
great kindness to give me your reply as_soon_as_possible: Please
accept my thanks in advance, and beHev"e"me., dear Mr. Edison,
Very sincerely yourB
Thomas A. Edison,
h
for a permanent exhibition at the Parle of the Heel
Roclcs in Mount Morrison, in Colorado, where it will
he carefully preserved,- meanwhile having it brought
to the Exposition in San Pranci3CO. Would you
care to have this disposition made of it, or have you
some other plan in view ?
Yours very truly.
Director of Congresses
and Exploitation
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange,
Hew Jersey.
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Edison General File Series
1912. Family (E-1 2-41)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about
Edison's family. Several items are written by Edison or bear his marginalia.
Among the documents for 1912 is correspondence between Edison and his
wife, Mina Miller Edison, concerning the final illness and death of her mother.
There are also letters pertaining to the engagement of Edison's daughter
Madeleine and to the financial, business, and other interests of his sons
Thomas Jr., William, and Charles. Other documents relate to the property at
10 Fifth Avenue in New York City (former headquarters of the National
Phonograph Co.) owned by Mina Edison.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material consists primarily of unsolicited correspondence.
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please oall Mr; Edison's attention to the attached
correspondence and my reply, and please say to him that I have
had the new stack made some time ago, but on account of bad
weather oonditions 1 did not risk having the men remove the
old one and put the new one in position.
Please also say to him that there is no danger at
present, sinoe the bad sections have been removed, and that
the new sections will be put in place at an early date.
Very truly
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Thomas A. Edisonjnc.
Orange,N.J.,U.S.A.
Edison Phonographs and Records
Edison Primary Batteries
Edison Kinetoscopes andMotion Picture Films
Edison Business Phonographs
Jan.
1912.
Mr. William Polzor,
S0-5th Avonuo,
IIow York City.
Dear Polsser:
Ploaso look into the matter roforrod to in enclosed lottor
from Aloxander, Cohn & Sondheim, concerning the promises #10-5th Ave.,
and arrange to have any necessary work promptly attended to. Return
letter to rne, advising what you have done, so that 1 in turn can advise
Mr. Edison.
DICTATED
AND TRANSCRIBED FROM
EDISON BUSINESS PHONOGRAPH
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
^^^Kianfs3rd, 1912 *
Matter of the Wavorly Realty Company l tX^***'*^
Dear Madam:
¥.'e are attorneys for the Waverly Realty Company,
which ownB the premises Ho. 12 Fifth Avenue. Affixed to the
Southerly wall of that building is a smoke stack running from
the premises Mo. 10 Fifth Avenue. We understand that you are
the owner of those premises. The upper section of this smoke
stack, containing the hood, was, we are informed, blown down by
the wind in such a manner as to damage to some extent the screen
protecting the skylight at the bottom of the light shaft at the
premises 12 Fifth Avenue, and we are informed that other sections
of the smoke stack are in a loose and dangerous condition and
may cause further damage to the property, if not injury to some
employees or tenants. We write to advise you of this fact and
to request that you will immediately cause the stack to be put
into a safe condition. ,
Very truly yours,
Mrs . Minna Edison,
Llewellyn Park,
West Orange, N. J.
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January 30th, 1913.
tiesere. Alexandar, Cohn & Sondheim,
B1 Ohambere 3treot,
\ New York City.
Centlemens-
/ Your letter of the 33rd inot., ad-
drooood to Mro. Edison, in referonoe to premiBea
Mo. 10 Fifth Avenue, has been referred to the
writer, and In reply I beg to advise you that I
have already taken steps to remedy the matter you
'complain of, and in fact, a new Btaok is already
reude and the manufacturer hao been .waiting for a
favorable opportunity to ereot it. The delay
Has been oaueed by bad weather oonditiono.
. I am also advised that sections of
the old staok have been removed, but I will bob
jto it at once that the entire stack ia removed,
ff oame.ha8 not ulready been done, so that your
dliont will have no furthor oauBe for oomplaint.
Youro truly,
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February' 15, 1912,
Master Theodore Edison,
Glenmont,
West Orange, N. J.
My dear Theodore, -
I am in receipt of
your hill of February 14th for 5,000
cards, etc.
1 am returning this
hill to you, because it is not made
out properly. Don't ever sign your
name to the bottom of a bill, when
you send it out. Of course, .you are
perfectly safe in doing bo in this
instance, but some day you majc send
a bill out with your name on the
bottom of it, and the other fellow ■■
might write "Received paiyment"over
your name, and then when you come
to oolleot your money, he can show
you a receipted bill, and evade the
payment.
This would be a better
form;
Orange , N . J . ,
February 14, 1912.
Edison Storage Battery Company, Dr.
to
. Glenmont Press,
Theodore M. Edison, President, Or-.
You ought to print
some hill heads for yourself , and
render your hills on these hill head!
Yours sincerely,
MRH/ABM
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Mr. Harry E1. Miller:
Regarding attached letter from Tom with enclosures ,
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THE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
OF BOSTON.
General Offices. 39 Boylston Street.
Boston, October 16th, 1912.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
My dear Mr. Edison,
X am Handing you, under separate cover,
a few advance photographs of your exhibits at the Boston
Electric Show. It is needless for me to tell you how
much attention the exhibits are attracting, particularly
the battery exhibit, and you have good reason to feel
proud of Charles for the manner in which he is taking
hold and explaining to the members of the National Elec¬
tric Iiight, Association and other central station men of
the advantages of the Edison battery.
Thanking you for your many courtesies to
me while at Orange, I beg to remain
Very truly yours,
JCrAIK.
Mr. Dyer: Oot. 17, 1912.
Mr. Com Edison Jr. called up from Burlington
this morning to ash about tho matter of thoir house. 1
told thorn that you had been away considerably and moro than
usually busy but that I would remind you of it , although
you had the matter before you for attention us soon as you
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Charles Edison,
6 IiOTiisburg Square ,
Boston, Mass.
Sending new man namod Thompson with now machine and sis now pictures
to Boston tonight to remain until the exhibit is over, or until things
aro running smoothly. Watch out and advise if conditions show
improvement .
C. H. Wilson.
Ohg. S. A. E. Inc.
THOMAS A. EDISON, Incorporated
October 10, 1918.
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, Jx» ,
Burlington, H. •?«
Dear Beatrice;
I duly received your letter of the 10th, ana
delayed answering in the hope that X '.eight have something en¬
couraging to say*
You have probably road in the papers that Mr. Edison
has been working very hard on the new Disc ma* ine , and for
several months he has been conducting a campaign that gives
him only a few hours sleep a day. Ho is naturally more or
less impatient, and I think it would he very unwise for me
to bring up this matter at this time. At the same time I
recognise that this ia all-important to you, and I am sorry
that you have to put up with the inconveniences that you de¬
scribe .
As a suggestion, why don’t you and Tom arrange to
olose up the house when the cold weather comes and go to some
quiet place in the south where you oen live during the Winter
months? It seems to mo that this would he a pleasant change
for both of you, and your income certainly ought to enable you
Mrs. Thomas A. EdiBon, Jr.- 2.
to live in some quiet, oomf ortahle , home-like plaoe. It
would give you both a good change and probably would bo a
fine thing for Tom's health. Lot me know what you think of
this plan, and X will have someone look around and send you
circulars and printed natter relating to places that you night
go to.
House give Tom my best regards and toll him not to'
get discouraged but that everything is going to oomo out all
right in the end. loruonally 1 bolievo that when we got out
the now Pise phonograph it is going to he a tremendous suoeess
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Nov. 14th, 1912
Mr. Win. II. Collins,
1615 Decoursey Ave. ,
Covington, Ky.
Dear Sir;-
Mr. Edison received yours of the 11th instant
and also the photograph of your mother, which latter is re¬
turned herewith.
He states that he never heard of your mother ,
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sistance it is impossible for him to respond favorably thereto.
Yours respectfully,
EDISON. LAB ORATORY
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Sear Sir:
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facts you refer to. This investigation shows tlist
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of the family.
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poor in the sense that they needed help from the neigh¬
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Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, Jr.,
Burlington, H. J.
Doar Mrs. Edison:
Mr. Weber has roforrod your communication
of December 3rd to me, and thinking perhaps you would prefer
one of our later type machines, I took the matter up with
Mr. Edison, with the result that we will ship to you an
Amber ola III, as shown in catalogue herewith enclosed, which
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think you will appreciate more so far aB its representing
an artistio piece of furniture is concerned. On reoeipt
of this maohine, you may return your old Triumph maohine.
fours vo ry truly,
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Enter order and ship to
I Thome A. Edison, Jr. ,
* Burlington, H. J.
one Amberola 111, mahogany finish, maohine. Soe that it
is carefully tested and have it shipped at onoe.
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whon reoeivod, it should he repaired for stock, or if ono of
the old type it oan he dismantled and its parts usod for
repairs.
Charge this maohino to Thomas A. Edison laboratory,
sending a no charge hill to Thomus A. Edison, Jr.
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STOCKS— BONDS— MORTGAGE LOANS
STEAMSHIP TICKETS
GEORGE S. MCCARTER
TELEPHONE— 666
Thomas A. Edison Esq. ,
Orange, II. J.
I\Iy Dear Sir:-
PATERSON. N. J. DOC.
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19th, 1912.
I have been trying to find out for a friend of mine, the
address of your son Hr. Thomas A. 'Edison Jr., so fra- I have not succeed
ed. I was told to write to you and you could no doubt furnish mo with
the address.
Six years ago this friend was induced by Hr. John A.
Thomson, treasurer of the Thomas A.. Edison Jr. and William Holder
Steel & Iron Process Co. to invest in the stock of this Com any. On
account of the name Edison, he took and paid for 100 shares on the
5th of Oct. 1906, and on account of a letter to him from your son,
( a cony of which I enclose herewith) he on the 26th of November 1906,
took end ocid for 100 shares more. He ha.s not received any dividend
of any kind on the stock, neither has he -been' able to dispose of the
stock‘ at any price. He naid for the 200, shares $5000. He is anxious
to know if there ever v/as such a Company doing business,- or if it was
only on paper end he thought he might get some information from your
son.
I have seen Mr. John A. Thompson a number of times, but
could never got any satisfaction from him. Hr. Wilson cannot afford
to lose $5000. and ho feels very bad about the matter, particularly
on account of the letter ho received from your son.
If you will have the kindness to furnish me with his
address, I shall be very much obliged to you. Trusting you will
pardon me for troubling you, I am.
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The laboratory
• of
THOMAS . A. EDISON JR. ,
New York October 24, 1906.
Mr. James Wilson,
Dater3on, II. J.
My dear Sir:-
Mr. Thompson has shown me his correspondence with you
sad has also informed me of his conversation with you rolative to
our Company, and I fully endorse every statement made by him, and in
addition will say that I believe that when the merits of our process
are recognized and adopted, it will revolutionize the Steel and Iron
Industry, and that it will be history repeating itself in like manner
to some of my father’s stock, which sold at one time as low as §25.
a share, and not .long afterwards was in good demand at §5,000. a
share .
Mr. Thompson has spokon very highly of you, and I assure
you that I would be very glad indeed to have you increase your hold¬
ings with us.
Sincerely yours,
Thomas A. Edison Jr.
Believe
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Edison General File Series
1912. Fan Mail [not selected] (E-12-42)
This folder contains unsolicited correspondence and other documents
from admirers of Edison. Included are newspaper clippings, musical
compositions, and poetry, as well as requests regarding Edison's life story.
Edison General File Series
1912. Financial [not selected] (E-12-43)
This folder contains routine correspondence and other documents
relating to Edison's personal financial interests and investments. Most of the
items for 1912 consist of transaction narratives from journal entries pertaining
to the Lansden Co. and the Edison Portland Cement Co. Also included are
lists of expenses related to an experiment on automobile wheels and
expenses connected with work on the cement cabinet, along with
correspondence concerning the sale of Edison's shares of North American
Transportation and Trading Co. Several documents bear routine marginalia
by Edison.
Edison General File Series
1912. Foreign Language Documents (Untranslated)
[not selected] (E-12-44)
This folder contains foreign-language documents that were not translated
by Edison’s office staff, along with others that were translated and
subsequently separated from the English-language version. Included are letters
and pamphlets in French, German, and Russian.
Edison General File Series
1912. Fort Myers (E-1 2-45)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's home, property, and community interests at Fort Myers, Florida.
Most of the letters are by Harvie E. Heitman, a dealer in wholesale and retail
groceries who was Edison's agent in overseeing contractors, repairs, workers,
and other matters. Among the items for 1912 are letters regarding Edison's
interest in the Schultz Hotel Co. and municipal campaigns to promote the
planting of royal palm trees.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material consists primarily of unsolicited correspondence.
.FEB..23319.12S
Ehos. A. Edison,
Hear Sir:
I am in rooeipt of a 3. otter from
;p.rB. 3?arkhill F: Jackson, attomeys , of
in, Fla., act vising that the Estate of
•les Hoag hr.B placed the mortgage for
,000 with accrued interest for three
•s , in their hands for collection.
You will doubtless recall that
i the now hotel was built only 310,000
:h of stock was subscribed and paid for.
buildings, furnishings , docks, etc.,
; -324,000. It was therefore necessary to
set this loan with JJr. Hoag in order to pa;
the indebtedness.
Messrs. Parkhill F: .Taokson have
sod not to press the foreolosure prooend-
•. until after the annual meet inn of the
Fart TOprrs, Florida, April., 2G.-. 1912.
t Oraage.,11. J. (pjJ>
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Dear Sir:
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It has boon suggested to me that you might consider selling your home place
here;n$r interest in Fort layers is so sincere that I .personally .would regret, arc oedingl^,
that you should sell.hut.lf you had decided to do so I would like to know your price
with a view to haying.
/Very respectfully 'yours.
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<S~"r Doubtless you have notioed in the Press that
on petition of a majority of the property owners along
the IJeGregor Boulevard, the City Counoil has ordered
that sidewalks, with a six foot tree row or parkway
outside, hounded hy ourhing, he constructed on both sides
of the Boulevard- from the depot' to Emanuel ’sJSyanch.
f(LW action vfes t iken in order ti^ip.ke the
Boulevard leading out beyond your home a bealrtiful drive
and as the Commissioners have turned the construction of
this portion of the road over to the Government engineers
we expect to .have one of the finest stretofes of highway
there to he. found anywhere in the country. Vlt is proposed
to make this tree row six feet in width and^plaoe all of
the palms you planted along the Boulevard in perfect line
in this tree. row. You will remember I talked to you about
this proposition before you left. As it is now some of
the palms are four feet from the sidewalk and some of
them six and eight feet distant and of course it would
look much better to have them in perfect alignment.
The town proposes to stand the expense of moving these
palms.
Practically every property owner along this
stretch of boulevard who has not had sidewalks laid have
asked me to secure bids and proceed with the work and. I
now write to ask you if it will be satisfactory to you
to have the work done in front of your property at the
same time the rest of the v/ork is done. I have a price
from Vf. H. Wallace & Co. of about 11</ per square foot for
a first-olass sidewalk and 2B</ per running foot for
building the curb, provided all the property owners will ,
have the work done at the same time so that he can make
one joh of it, and I oonsider this a very reasonable price
indeed.
I would be glad if you will write me promptly
advising mo of your wishes in the matter, and if you desire
to have the work done p. 1; the same time that the rest . of
it is put throxigh it will probably cost you less and I
shall be very glnd to look after it for you.
We are having fine rains now and everything is
looking well. X hope that you and your family are well
and with kindest regards and best wishes, I am,
WHOLESALE A ND R ETA.lL GROCERS.
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Dear Sir: ’ Z~
'■' Replying to youraj of the Elat, a petition,! - > •' J \
Signed by praotiaally all of the property owners from <
the little branch below your place to- the flepot , waa
sent in’ to : the'. City Council. at their last meeting, -n
requesting that sidewalks and curbing six feet -from the^p
sidewalks for a, tree; row or parkway, be ordered built (I
oh both Bides* of- the'Mo Gregor Boulevard from*the- depot to C_
thia little; braliohv the expense -of the. work to be home /
hy;the property; owner a. • v< . r I
I am enclosing Blcetoh showing how the palms
would look inBida thia tree row. Yea, the notioe sent
means' that 'Urf-Edlsbn'will have to build Bide walk and
durhing-on the^aouth-aide of the street, where hie barn
is looated and' my -reason for writing. Ur. Edison was to
asoertaih. whether or1 not he 'wished to have' this work done
at the • same time ; the other property owners vhave theix
sidewalks and curbing built , thereby saving' considerable
ontheooat , for the. property owner B^who agree; to have this
work done now will get the benefit of a special price of
about 11/ per aq. foot 'for the sidewalk and'- 26/. per running
foot for the ourbing. At this rate the improvment will
not be very expensive, aa the sidewalk is to be only six
feet wide, and the appearance of the trees when set in
the park row will be advanoed a hundred per oent. I
wanted him' to-'ad'H.se me whether or not he wished me to
go ahead and look after the work of putting in his side¬
walks and curb at the same time the other property owners
had their oonstruoted.
I Juat returned from Ur. Edison's place this
morning after looking over things very carefully and I
am preparing to have the trees sprayed and fertilised .
Please Bay to him that there is a very good orop of
fruht showing up on the trees this year.
ip erty owner a vhave their
Mr. Thomas A Edison ,
Orange , IT. J.'
Dear Dir: '
Replying to your inquiry of the 9th inst . ,
tho Heitraan-Evans aocounts yon refer to have not been
paid hy us hut we will arrange to settle them immediately
and charge them to yon in our next hill.
Very truly yours,
The H. E. Heitnan Co,
j^j Sep. <1$, 1912.
M0tv No doubt you saw 1 in the market
copy bf the JprtjM $hi5u?%£22, which I mailed
you, a noticel'ort.ne foreclosure of the
mortgage held' by the Hj
I was not conSulte'd pp<for to the
beginning of these proceedings^ The lease
to the land is made out tcgstfe outright.
I have carried on the Hp<el as if the lease
had been transferred^Co the Company, I keep¬
ing up all obligations, as there has not been
any funds in thd^treasury, also keeping up
the property as well as 1 could.
Outside of the mortgage and inter¬
est and a note to finish building the house,
carried by me, now amounting to about $950.00.
X have taken care of the property.
X would like to have your advice and
opinion. You all have been kind to me and I
do not wish to do any thing rash or dishon¬
orable .
Yours very truly,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
. . Orange, H. Y.
Replying to yonr letter of reoent date it
win 1 he perfectly satisfactory to inolude the hills of
the Heitraan-Evans Company in our monthly statements to
you and we have today instructed Hr. Evans to that effect
WHOLESALE AND
CAPITAL STOCK
RETAIL GROCERS.
Hov. 20, 1912.
My clear Madam:
Your letter of a few days since received and
I was very glad indeed to hear from you. I went over your
place- very carefully last week and found everything in
good condition. There is a nice crop of fruit on the
trees , all the plants and shrubs are looking well ,
Zeeman has just planted a garden for you and I think
you will he-jpleased with the condition of 'everything
whan you reach here.
Iihad Zeeman send you a box of oranges and
one of grapefruit yesterday, hoping it would reach you
in time for Thanksgiving. I will be glad to sand you
fruit right along now if you deBire it. If so kindly
advise me how much to send each week and I will see that
shipments are made promptly. There are Borne very nice
lemons on the place and it ocourred to me that you might
like some of them. I did not send you any guavaB or
mangoes this summer beoause the guavas are such poor
shippers and there were not two dozen mangoes on all
your trees. The mangoe crop throughout this section
was a complete failure this year.
I suppose Zeeman advised you that the cow died
about a couple of months ago. I think the cause of her
death was a snake bite. If you will advise me about
what time you expect to reach here I will arrange to
have another first-olass cow for you by that time.
Yes , I regretted very much my inability to
visit you with Captain Menge this summer , but I was
called by wire to Mrs. Terry's bediide during her
illness and my time was so limited that I had to
return to Fort Myers immediately after I had left there.
ITo doubt you will be suprised to learn that Hr. Flowerree
is in a very critical* condition and the doctors think
there is very little hope of his recovery. Mrs. Flowerree
is with him now in Atlanta, Ga. , where he iB under the
care of Dr. Block.
Edison General File Series
1912. Glenmont (E-12-46)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
system.
The unselected material consists primarily of promotional items from
vendors.
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Edison General File Series
1912. Halogen Products Company (E-12-47)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the Halogen Products Co., which was jointly owned by Edison, Frank L. Dyer,
and Jonas W. Aylsworth. Included are items concerning the company's
financial obligation to Thomas A. Edison, Inc. and a report of activities during
the period May-September 1912.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material consists of routine correspondence by Clarence Churchill,
treasurer of the Halogen Products Co.
Thomas A. Edison Jnc.
Oran^e,N. J.JJ.S.A.
Edison Phonographs and Records
Edison Primary Batteries
Edison Kinetoscopes andMotion Picture Films
Edison Business Phonographs
Orange, N.J., Jan, 3, 1913.
Mr. C. H. Wilson,
Orange, H.J.
Dear Mr. Wilson:-
Mr. Edison has agreed that Thomas A. Edison,
Inc. shall finance the Halogen products Company up to the sum
of 510,000. , and you are hereby authorized to approve of such
advances to the Halogen Products Company up to $10,000., as
requested by Mr. Ghurohill when approved by Mr. H. F. Miller.
The Halogen Products Company are to bill their pro¬
duct to Thomas A. Edison, Inc. at coot, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
to credit the Halogen Company with 15$ profit on the cost
price until such profits amount to the. $10,000. advanced.
After the $10,000. advanced has been thus liquidated by the
15$ profit credited, the Halogen Company are to bill to
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. at cost and 15$.
Until, the $10,000. loan is v/iped out, all orders
from the affiliated Edison Companies are to go through
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., and all such purchases are to be.
billed to the various companies by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. at
cost, plus 15$.
DICTATED TO AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON BUSINESS PHONOGRAPH
#3 - Mr. C. H. Wilson.
After the $10,000. is paid up, each company will
place its ovm orders to be billed by the Halogen Products
Company direct at cost, plus 15$.
Very trjily yours, !
we — „ '>
President. A
i
Supplementing Mr- Dyer's letter of the 3rd,
regarding the arrangement entered into between the
various Edison affiliated companies and the Halogen Products
Co., I have to advise that we have made a contract for the
manufacture of the product, of ohloro -naphthalene waxes ,
and that we are now taking steps toward its manufacture.
I should say that the earliest possible date that the
Halogen Company would he in position to supply the wax
would be April 1st, but I will keep you advised from time
to. time as to progress so that you may know when to
expect the Halogen Company to supply their product.
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PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Memorandum
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Mr. Edison:
The attached report on the Haloge^ Ero duo ts Co.
was prepared largely from inf ormatiori jjeoeiv}$ 'f-rom Mr.
Aylsworth. The UBual difficulties dlrTthe starting of a
new enterprise have teen encountered hy us.
The outlook seems to he very favorable, hut if we
did not sell anything at ali aside from what we make for our
own use I believe the expense will he ultimately justified.
The arrangement made with you oalled for an advanoe
of §10,000, which was to be repaid out of the profits based
on a 15$ margin. This money haB now been spent and we have
on hand plenty of raw material. We will need some money,
however, to carry on the operation, the pay-roll being
about §300 per month. _ Are you willing that this additional
expense should be assumed and carried along with the money
already advanoed, to be repaid in the same way? _ *
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PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Memorandum
2184B September 16, 1912.
Mr. Edison:
HAIOGEH PRODUCTS COMPANY
The machinery arrived in Wyandotte in the early
part of May, at which time Mr. Lancaster and the two men who
had assisted him here were sent out to make the installation.
The Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Salt Hfg. Co. being
absent for the ensuing two months, our men were able to get
very little assistance from the Salt Company in the installa¬
tion. A delay occurred in the erection by the Salt Company
of the HOI absorbing and ventilating outfit owing to delay
in delivery of the stone -ware and the faot that a partial
break-down of the Salt Company's plant required the entire
attention of their construction men.
As all the details necessary for the supplying of
chlorine gas by the Salt Company had not been completed when
the Halogen plant was ready to start up on August 10th, they
made use of oylinder chlorine.
Since starting, it haB been found that the l/2 H.P.
motor is not capable of driving both pump and' dryer. This
motor was expeoted originally to drive only the pump, but
afterwards we thought we would see if it would drive the
dryer also in conjunction with the pump. A3 H.P. motor
will now be substituted for the above.
The ohlorinating pots were built with a one-piece
ooil for steam, placed inBide the pots, having no connections
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inside, which was thought to he the best method of heating.
Since operations were started, several of these ooils opened
at the seams by the bending when 100 lbs. of steam was turned
on and leaked steam inside the system, forcing us to shut
down; to preclude any further trouble of this nature, which
might cause serious corrosion of the whole apparatus, it was
deoided to remove these inside ooils and place ooils outside
the pots.
Much trouble was experienced by the naphthalene
sublimating and stopping the pipes at the end of the system,
which is due to running in series, the last pot in the
series not getting enough chlorine to make it liquid. This
trouble forced us to shut down many times. To. overcome this
we will reduce the number of pots in the series, so that
with the maximum flow of chlorine, Mono will be found in the
last one being operated, the very last pot being kept full
of Mono for the purpose of absorbing the sublimates from the
preceding pots.
Production thus far is 300 lbs. of Penta-chloro-
phenol and 340 lbs. of Hexa-Chloro-naphthalene .
Orders have been given to oease the chlorination
of Phenol until further notice.
\7e have on order the following if
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2000 lbs. of Hexa for the Walpole Rubber Company
1000 " " Mono " Condonsito Company
6000 " " Mono " Edison. Company.
The Western Electric Co. have oompleted tests in
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the laboratory and have given us to understand that for the
uses already established they will use about 400 lbs. daily
of DiBtilled Tetra.
She Fire Fighting Apparatus Co. have tested out
large samples of Hexa and are eager to get it in large
quantities.
I he General Electric Co. will undoubtedly use
Oxidized Ho. 4 in large quantities by the time we are in a
position to furnish it. They are also trying out the Mono
for transformer oil, which has a dielectric strength of
60,000 volts with 200 mills separation of eleotrodes.
Among other prospects we would include the Walpole
Rubber Co., who are now awaiting delivery of the 2000 lbs.
of Hexa whioh they have on order, which we consider prelimi¬
nary to future orders in carload lots. Boston, Rubber Shoe
Co. have ordered 50 lbs. for. experiment.
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.Stock sold for cash § 400.00
T. A- E., Inc. . loan a/° 10,000.00
Interest S> Discount 8,69
Machinery & Installation $6,163.81
Material ' . y . 1,602.59
General Expense 2,562.67 ,,
Acoounts Receivable
Cash in Bank §10.408.69 §10,408.69.
The item of §1,602.59 for material represents the
payment for. two carloads of naphthalene. Our first order for
: a oarload from london being unduly delayed by the dook strikes
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we deemed it advisable to'buy a oarload from the Barrett Mfg
Co., that we might not he delayed for lack of raw material.
Hone of this naphthalene haB as yet been manufactured into
Halowax and hilled out, and if sold as a finished product
-at 13/5 per pound will bring in about §15,600.00. The chlo¬
rine necessary to ohlorinate these two oarloads of naphtha¬
lene will cost about §3,400.00.
We cannot foresee any extra expense when the
present neoessary alterations to the equipment are com¬
pleted.
The monthly pay-roll for labor is about §300.00,
and it seems conservative to estimate that in a very short
time the oomp any will be able to support itBelf by itB
own operations.
I*. 1. D.
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HALOGEN PKODUCTS COMPANY
As of Sept. 6, 1912.
patents, $30,000.00
Treasury Stock,
10,000.00:.
Cash in Bank
74.02
Office Expenses
52.40 S
Experiments
962.60 /
Machinery
4;; 685. 63 O
. Legal
193.50 \/
Sundries
1.50 /
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Insurance os faxes
■ 154.90 ✓
xj(l Labor
1,108.01
Entertainment
12.15 V
Naphthalene
1,560.03 7k
Building Expenses .Yfyandt
. 226.99 /
Patterns-
' 68.36 0
i it1 installation
361.81 *?'
fravel
421.66 ✓
Sample a/o
518.02 v'
i Phono 1
42.56 *
■■ furniture .
25.06 O /
] Acots. Heooi'yahle
5.60 f
j . Capital Acct.
" II!
ji- T. A. E. Inc. Loan aoot.
License (Chadeloid Chemical Co.)
$30,400.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
8.69
Edison General File Series
1912. Health and Diet (E-12-48)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
Edison's health and dietary habits. Among the documents for 1 91 2 are letters
discussing the influence on Edison's diet of Luigi Cornaro, a sixteenth-century
Venetian author, architect, and humanist. Also included is a letter from
Charles R. Huntley, treasurer of the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Light
and Power Co.
Approximately 5 percent of the documents have been selected. The
following categories of documents have not been selected: unsolicited
circulars, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings; letters attributing erroneous
information about Edison's health or diet; and correspondence receiving no
reply from Edison.
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do a good deal for us; and I note^
abstemious in quantity of food. j
that conclusion myself, lrat I did r
the heavy hand of Mature asserted i
and I note Jmat you are being
me out for the better part of two yWrs .
on the water wagon, and find that abstaininj
extraordinary amount of food is productive c
better condition of things that evor before
are putting up, which i
i doubt will interest
.o we cannot aspire to the proportioi
• good friend Instill' s splendid de¬
ment, we are in a growing condition; at let
so then when you first knew of Buffalo and j
problem of the utilizatii
of Niagara.
7/e are going to have quite a building. It
will he illuminated well, and, I think, scientifically.
V/o shall eliminate the vehicle and simply show the
featxire. The top is so designed that we shall have
three 36" projectors on a rotating platform. ./lien
looking our way some night don't confound us with the
Aurora Borealis.
let mo congratulate you upon your good
health and the years that you have given to mankind,
and with the hope that in the years that are left to
us I may have the pleasure of having your hand in
mind more often than I have had in the last five years.
I am, with much respect,
Hr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
, February 19, 1912,
Dear Sii , ^ many days ag0 j reatl a Vei*y Interesting article giving sojrfe
information about' the dietetic habits of yourself and your ancestorsyrtating
that al] of von are disciples of Carnaro,tlie weakling who thfcoughan absteniios
habit became" so old. ir this is true I wish you to give me sonie^rfartlculars
that I may use them in the lectures which I give my classes^
All I want to know is how much your father ate.whatlre ate, and how he
ate: the same about yourself. / , .
If you will give your example and your reasons tor this generation it
will do as much good as any of your inventions. /
Can you give me the names of some books thatywill help? I have Carnaro s
book. I know you are busy, but you can also be kipd, and to^ teach the truth
that helps is the greatest kindness. Help o'
Yours truly, /
D. L. Earnest.
s tea<$h, and oblige
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I have read with great interop the artidle in the) Ud4.es Hone Journal for
February, which described your plan of dieting, or rather limitintyourself to an aver¬
age of 4 ounoes of solid food ..each meal. There is one question which arises in my mind
regarding the method of weighing the food, and possibly you will be kind enough to in¬
form me just how you manage it. The question is this! When do you weigh such foods aB
oatmeal porridge, boiled rice; beans, and other foods similarly prepared, the food in
the cooking absorbing a-.large. amount of water? . An ounce of these foods in a dry state
becomes several ounoes when oooked. Do you weigh them before or after cooking?
Again; Do you oonsider such foods as apples, fruits of all' sorts, cabbage
and other wqtery vegetables as included under the head of 'solid food'? If bo, then to
be properly nourished must not a person practioally exclude suoh,foodB from his dietary?
Thanking you in advance for the oouttesy of a prompt reply, I am ,
Very reopeotfully.
. North Topeka Station,
Topeka, Kansas, F. 0.
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North Topeka, Kansas.
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J’ 137 So 3d Street San Jose Cal., 4/j^
Professor Thomas A. Edison
West Orange N.J.
Dear Sir and Comrade!- * V
The writer of this mwssage, now in his 6Sth year, is also /
named Thomas, and deeply interested in the contents of the en- /
dosed clipping. Kindly state in reply::-- v \
1.1b it true that you average only hours of sleep in^evi- j
ery 24 hours? \a~o -
2. How much time do you devote to actual work— technically
so oalled, eaoh day? I
3. How much time do you devote to the eating of^a meal? -^“How
many' meals a day? /d T* ^
4. Are you rigidly vegetarian?
5. What is your principal diet? »j»
6. Are you a "teetotaller"? i.e. Do you absolutely and rigid-
ly exclude alcohol in all its forms? vw»' ^
7. Do you rigidly exclude tea, coffee and similar beverages?
8. Finally:— Any information additional to the above and of
vitally kindred' character, will be very greatly appreciated
by a comrade brim full of ambition and who has fought with almost
superhuman effort from time to time for more than 40 years, the un-
weloome yet very persistent symptom, "tuberculosis".
A prompt reply to the above questions would be- greatly ' osr. -
t-aemediby iae, d^iuthis time.
jx 1 Tour3 in faith, hope and
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Dear Sir:- ^
^ This morning I mailed you a postal ...
oara, 1 should have enclosed a two' cent /stamp for reply -.jW wv
^■t‘>°ffhat I referred ^^jg^^heC^i^fai' oap
herewith find same.
Graoe Churoh, Brooklyn, Ov
_ Edison^
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’’jiving^to he' * .
was that I heard Dr. Kidder
Se 4th. Ave., in whioh he referred in his„sermon,.to
ouu, VUU9f'f**'*"<t 1 <SCfcj&- Ct fS1
Family for a oentury haok hging a ^Afj^livea^ opl<
over one hundred yktt^Md’^PyiThat excited my ooujdjbusty was
your Bill of Fare, ana what you eat, drink, etc., daily, of whi^h^’
X would he pleased to hear from you as to your mode of living
Awaiting your reply, I am,
YourB respectfully.
#353 - 77th. St . Bay Biage, H.Y.
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so will you kindly tell me where I can
ascertain the results.
Thanking you in advance, I am.
Yours very truly.
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(Dictated)
Mr. Thomas A. EdVson,
Orange, N. J. ^ /
My dear Mr. EdijJbns- rf*'
<\ o^ln "MeddfSal El«$-
tricity", hy II. Lewis Jone^ACJSt^
lartliolomew's Hospitdd^tffiondop-,
)age 305 is the f ollowinYstati
Edison in 1890
gouty tissues. Can you tell me if
any paper or report has be^n written
hy you in reference to tfcLs, and if so,
when and where. Also if \any further
experimentation has been done, and if
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Menlo Park,
Dear Sir:-
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I have for years understood that you and youEyfam-
hours l
ily sleep but fouryi^ daily and I presume it is so. A few days
ago X read in a magazine that you and your family adhered
strictly to the Italian Louis Cornaro's plan of talcing but
twelve ounces of food daily. Is this true or any near true.
X am not asking this question out of idle curious-
ity but because I am seriously considering trying the same
identical diet scheme. The shortest possible answer would be
appreciated as I realize that you are a busy man for 20 hours
if my information is correct, a confirmation yes or no of
the first sentence and an affirmation or denial of the question
in my second sontenco upon this paper would be perfectly sat¬
isfactory and very thankfully received .
Very
EMMETT E . DAILEY
hJ
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My dear Sir:- /
Sometime siiice X rend in a journal
the name of v/hioh I have forgotten a statement
written by you or abfcut you referring to your
habits of diet and Hours of sleep. In this
article reference s made to a book treating
on habits of life end diet. X have forgotten
altogether the name-of— sire book or publishers.
I am wondering if you would be so kind as to
inform me the name of the book and where it
may be gotten. It runs in my mind that the
book was published in Milwaukee.
Trusting that you will thus favor me
and beging your pardon for asking such a trifling
thing, I am,
Edison General File Series
1912. Insurance [not selected] (E-12-49)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
personal and property insurance. Among the items for 1912 are letters
relatinq to routine adjustments and amendments in Edison s insurance
policies and to the inspection of boilers at the West Orange laboratory.
Edison General File Series
1912. Invitations [not selected] (E-12-50)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
banquets, luncheons, lectures, and special events to which Edison was
invited but did not attend.
Edison General File Series
1912. Lectures [not selected] (E-12-51)
This folder contains requests for Edison to deliver lectures Among the
correspondents for 1912 are H. R. Hitchcock, Jr., of the Harvard Union.
Edison General File Series
1912. Legal - General (E-12-52)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the administration of legal matters. Among the items for 1912 are letters
pertaining to the estate of John Kruesi, for which Edison and Samuel Insull
served as executors and trustees. Other documents relate to a suit against
the Edison Manufacturing Co. brought by Madeline J. Winckler. There is also
correspondence with attorney Frederick P. Fish of Boston, along with one
item concerning the appointment of Delos Holden as general counsel for
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., the Edison Phonograph Works, and the Bates
Manufacturing Co.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected items consist of letters of transmittal and acknowledgment
pertaining to payments and the filing of legal documents.
Additional items regarding the settlement of the Kruesi estate can be
found in the Richard W. Kellow File, Final Decree -- Estate of John Kruesi
(1912) [env. 118] (Legal Series).
30'&Uttc4'C$hSie£<l CORTLANDT BUILDING)
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Mr. Edisons-
He Kruesi Estate. As you will see from
your copy of the final decree in this estate, bank interest
was distributed to and including the 12th day of January
1912. Between that date and the signing and cashing in of
the checks, interest was credited and allowed by the farmers'
loan * ,mt Comfnsr in th. amount or $85.36. Moled nor.nltl.
la carbon oJ a l.tt.r to Hr. In.ull «lth nhloli X aont Mm tbe
enclosed distribution checks.
Enclosed herewith is also my original affidavit
referred to in my letter to Mr. Instill. I would like to
have this returned to me.
P. S. I would like to have these
together with the affidavit.
JCR/AKM. 107 (Enc.)
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orange, N.J. March 35, 1913
E. J. Berggren, Esq.,
Building.
Dear Sir:
I hand you herewith, for your filea, the
release of Madeline J. Winckler to Edison Manufacturing
CompaWjfr whioh was made in consideration of $400. paid
to her attorney. The attorney evidently retained $50.
and the amount set forth in the release 1b $350.
p suit of Winckler against Edison Manufac¬
turing Compai ^has been dismissed by oonBent.
Very truly yours, ,
Bymlh
RELEASE. Form No . m.
\y, ^]^^4\\iL8iro?tnnd SKmSvS? n!y.
fa all la tojjont .tjjm presents sjjall concern, Greeting-.
KNOW YE, —
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i Aant/,fn
Aaite iewdee/, **W an<//ol-cnclc/dcAaiyeJ, anet Jy tAede Cedents e/
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o/ane//iom any asu/ a// manna et/t action anat actions, cause ano/ caused c/
actmn, Saits, Je/td, damSo/money, account*, ucAontnyd, Jen ots, /(/As,
d/iecui/tieS, covenants, contacts, contioveldied, ayieementd, /Uemtded, laUanuo,
tleJ/iaSScS, e/aniayed,yue/yments, extents, executiondj^/awyinJe/tmam/smAat
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Beoamtiar 5, 1912*
50 HKAD3 0? AKD JJSBAHSMKJWBt
Tflaafle note that Mr. EAloon hoe fleolde&
that Hr. Delos Holden atoll not no General Cornual to ell mat¬
ters relating to Thome a a. Baison, too. , BAinon Monograph
Woxto ana totoa 7Kg- Oo. ton win therefore Plense refer nil
legal or patent matters oonoemtog yonr department to him.
0H»/.TWtf
0. H. Wilson.
FISH, RICHARDSON, HERRICK & NEAVE
BOSTON
/
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,
Orange ,
New Jersey.
My dear Mr. Edison: i) r rj* I
A matter has arisen in one of my cases as to which II
should like very much to have the privilege of talking with yov\-
for 15 or 20 minutes. Will you let me come to see you at Orange
or do you happen to have regular days in New York on which I
might hit you over there?
With warm regards, I remain,
Very truly yours,
FISH, RICHARDSON, HERRICK 8. NEAVE
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange,
New Jersey.
My dear Mr. Edison:
I shall be in New York on Tuesday and should like to
come over to talk v/ith you for about half an hour in accordance
with your kind response to ray former letter. Will you write
or telegraph me upon receipt of this at what hour it would be
most convenient for you to see me? I could come very early in
the morning if that would be agreeable to you.
Very truly yours ,
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FISH, RICHARDSON, HERRICK & NEAVE
5 NASSAU STREET, NEWYORK,
BOSTON
December 21, 1912.
0%^
My dear Mr. Edison:
I receive your telegram. I will call on you in
Orange next Tuesday, as soon as possible after 9 o'clock.
Very truly yours
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
iersey.
Dec. 26, 19X2.
P. P. Pish, Esq.,
84 State Street,
Boston, Bass.
Dear Kr. Fish:-
Since your visit here on Tuesday of this
■week, I am advised By our Legal Department that it would
Be very much .against our interest for me to testify as
you requested, tfhile I am sorry to disappoint you, it
will Be necessary for you to excuse me in the circumg
stances.
This explains my telegram of this date.
Yours very truly,
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Edison General File Series
1912. Legal - Litigation (E-12-53)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
legal cases involving Edison or companies in which he had an interest.
Included are items pertaining to a subpoena for Edison’s testimony in the
case of James H. White and John R. Schermerhorn v. Percival Walters.
White and Schermerhorn were employees of the Edison Manufacturing Co.
who, along with Waters, had been associated with the Kinetograph Co.,
exhibitors of Edison's films. The case was initiated in the New York Supreme
Court for the County of New York in January 1909 and involved kickbacks and
conflicts of interest.
Only three items have been selected. The unselected material consists
of duplicates and letters of transmittal and acknowledgment concerning other
matters of litigation.
Trial T'erm, Part XXV. of the Supreme Court for New York
County at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 23rd, 1912, before
Hon. Vernon M. Davis, Justice of the Supreme Court, in the
case of White et al. vs. Waters pending in that Court;.
Inasmuch as you are in New Jersey, it is, of course,
impossible for me to make formal service of subpoena upon
you. If you will attend on Monday before Judge Davis in
accordance with the subpoena, I Bhall be extremely glad to
pay you your fees and will be glad to see you there.
Enclosure^
Yours respectfully.
SB. REM
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
I THE PEOPLE OS' THE STATE OF HEW YORK:
TO THOMAS A. EDISON, MSOHARD C. MoCHEBHEY and CARL IT. WIIiSOH
QREETIHG!
WE COMMAS!) YOU, that all and singular business and excuses,
heinf? lnld aside, you and eaoh of you appear and attend
before HOH. VERHOH If, DAVIS, one of the Justices of our
Supreme Court, ' at a Special Term, Part III. thereof to he
held in and for the County of Hew York at the room of Trial
Term, Part. XIV, in the County Court Houae in the City and
County of Hew. York, on Monday, the 33rd day of December,
1913, at 10:30 o'clock in the forenoon, to testify and give
evidenco in a certain action now pending in the Supreme
Court, hetweon James H. White and John R. Schermerhorn,
plaintiffs, and Peroival i. Waters, Defendant, and in which
evidence of the parties' is then' and there to be. taken, on
the part of the plaintiff BJ and for a failure to attend you
will be deemed guilty of a contempt of Court, and liable to
pay all loss and damages sustained thereby to the party
aggrieved, and forfeit Fifty Dollars in addition thereto.
WITHESS, Honorable VERHOH If; , DAVIS, one of the
Justioes of our said Supreme Court, at the Court Houbo in the
City and County of Hew York, the 7th day of Dooember.in
the year one thousand nine hundred and twelve. , \
—
- . Attorney^forSialnt if fb ,
; 49 Wall Street, \ ,
. ; Hew York. 1 ■ f ‘-W
William F. Schneider | Esq., . •, wt j \
Clerk of the- Supreme Court |<x /, \
. ■ for Hew York County. , . . .j !-*■.
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Edison General File Series
1912. Menlo Park (E-12-54)
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to Edison's former
laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and to real estate matters in that
vicinity. Included is a letter from George F. Morrison of the General Electric
Co. expressing an interest in preserving the "the small building at Menlo Park
in which the first commercial incandescent light was made."
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material consists of unsolicited correspondence concerning the
sale or purchase of real estate.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY In Reply Refer to
LAMP WORKS
to get together a complete history of the development of the incand¬
escent lamp, and in connection with this it occurs to mo that the
small building at Menlo Park in which the first commercial incandes¬
cent lamp was made should he preserved.
I understand that this house is still your property
and that you are quite willing to lot us have it. Will you he kind
enough to send me a letter or an order that will enable me to get
possession of the house in order that it may he preserved for the above
purpose.
Yours very truly.
Manager, lamp Works.
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Edison General File Series
1912. Miner's Safety Lamp (E-12-55)
This folder contains correspondence concerning the technical and
commercial development of Edison's battery-powered safety lamp and its
attachment to headgear for a portable, hands-free light source. The
correspondents include N. J. Richards, vice president and general manager
of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co., one of the first companies to
test Edison's safety lamps. Also included are interoffice communications by
Edison associate H. H. Meno Kammerhoff regarding the shipment of lamps,
patent applications, and other matters and a communication by employee
Arthur Mudd relating to the "cost of experimental work on miniature cell for
police and miners."
All of the documents have been selected.
Mr. RobinBOn of . the,- Banner Safety Lamp Company,
has been out several times'- bn .the matter of getting the
Baraple batterios for use with sample lamps which he' wished
to submit for test at Sandy, Hook.
The Government is. going to order about 5,000 of
these lamps, for use in all the magazines, etc.
The order is .going to be £laoed in February, and
Robinson has been very 'anxious to $et. one lamp equipped, with
Edison Battery, to submit for teat.
When the lamps oame ou't,- they were not satis¬
factory, .but I thought, by Bp ending. a little effort on them,
we could get them into shape . They are made so unsatisfactorily,
however, that it would only.be throwing away ij'lrae to try to
doctor them up. I telephoned this to Robinson Monday.,,;, and,
he oame out. I showed him the deficiencies, and told, him,.
. I would submit the matter to you, before giving him a final
answer. Aa .you were tied up yesterday, I did not want to ,
bo ther you, so 'telephoned him' that we could not put the ...
battery' in his 'lamp) foi‘?jEhe' reasons, specified.0
..... I!-wonder if ‘ it' wfiuld be possible for 'us'ito getfa
iatnp.'Sf our own, to submit ,f or test? The specifications
state'thatNthe' oompleta^lan€ern,:must- notTwpigh.-over five v
pounds. I am afraid we .will be .ubable • to oome within the . . ..^
limit. Robinson's lightly constructed lantern, with two .oft .
if our 7-1/2 ampare-hourloeilsj weighfe'five ^pounds ‘-seven
buncesv 1
If you' think1 we’ bafr* get ready In time to •. submit
one • Of ' our iantejspoi l:>.ili ‘try ’tb -h-we thsJ ajjepifioationi
ohariged to ' obnf otm 1 to'; out weigijit l • . ' 'T :
_ _ ,
- L£fe t^C-MMS;
C&c. $*i^cu£jz 4a^w^"
t^rscC 16.
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y ClaLAM^e*J@--{Zt
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Hot- 2nd , 1912
Mr. Brady:-
The following oases are to he sent hy express to
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co., Shenandoah City Colliery,
Shenandoah, Pa.
1st Case;
Containing charging hoard with 12 charging switches
,
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The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company.
Office of Vice President & General Manager,
40*
Pottsville.Pa. Hoy amber 25th, 1912.
meadow croft.
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Hr* Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, Hew Jersey
Hy dear Hr* Edison: -
We have had your
three weeks, 6 at one set <
and our experience has been"very// sati sfactory with them.
The original lamp was in use six months with satisfac¬
tory results. This lamp I understand was taken back to Orange
by your representative.
We are very anxious to have this lamp in satisfactory
working operation and would appreciate if you could name us a
price and begin the manufacture of these lamps at once.
We have been working on a lamp of this character for
so long a time and are so anxious to have the benefit of it in
our work that we would urge that every endeavor be made to sup¬
ply us with these lamps at the earliest possible moment.
I believe that with our experience with your lamp that
it will fill the need and will only be a short time until there
will be a world-wide demand for the lamp.
Awaiting your reply, X am
yours truly.
■vice president & General Manager.
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company.
Office of Vice President & General
Pottsville, I
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Hr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
My dear Mr .Edison;-
Yours of the 27th ult . received a - - -y-
referred to and considered by our Electrical Depar^m^n-tv
who have been in charge of the experiments and servici
of yours and the other electric lamps that we have 1
servi ce.
Mr. Jennings, our Electrical Engineer, has had
charge of and been in touch with this work since its in¬
ception over six years ago, and X would he much pleased
if it would he agreeable to have him meet you to discuss
the lamp and the uses to which we desire it applied at
as early a date as would he convenient. I think such a
meeting would result in greater satisfaction to all con¬
cerned than we could cover in correspondence.
Yours very truly,
Vice president & General Manager.
/
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December 9, 1912.
Mr. HutchiBon:-
SUBJECT - Patent Applications for small cells
and lamps.
The attached descriptions are intended for use
in the patent office for designing patent applications
as far as possible and necessary.
The applications I added to each descriptioh are
not supposed to serve as the real design .but may give
our legal department an idea of what I had in mind
when constructing the different parts.
These constructions i
Number of Applications
1. Construction of Edison Cells
2. Valve for Edison Cells
3. Edison Double cells
^4. Filler for Edison CellB
5. Pocket lamp with Edison Double Cell
6. Pocket lamp with Edison Single Cell
7. Miners' cap lamp with Edison Battery
8. Miners' hand side lamp with Edison Battery
9. Miners' hand top lamp with Edison Battery
10. Safety hand side lamp with Edison Battery
11. Safety hand lamp with detached./, a/V
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December 13, 1912.
Please ship by express tomorrow a charging table for 12
' Miners' Outfits, laboratory Shop Humber 2360, to the
following a4dress:
Philadelphia and Beading Coal and Iron Co,,
> Shenandoah City Colliery,
Shenandoah, Pa.
1
December 23rd ,1912.
Mr. H. F. Miller;
The total cost of experimental work on miniature
cell for police and miners between the dates of April
1st 1911 and Oct. 31st 1912 is #21,818.17. Itemized
as follows-
Material-
M.Kammerhoff' s Salary-
-# 1,064.58
. 15,728.59
- 5,025.00
Edison General File Series
1912. Mining - General [not selected] (E-12-56)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mines and minerals to be bought, sold, surveyed, worked, or tested. None of
the documents received a substantive reply from Edison.
Edison General File Series
1912. Mining - Metals and Other Minerals (E-12-57)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the procurement and testing of minerals. Included are inquiries by Edison to
various suppliers, along with letters requesting information from Edison and
inquiring about ores that he might supply. Some of the documents pertain to
Edison's widely publicized idea of making books and other printed material
(as well as punch cards for tabulating machines) from thinly rolled nickel
sheets rather than from wood-pulp paper. Also included is an exchange of
letters with Max U. Schoop, pioneer developer of thermal spray devices for
coating metals, regarding his proposal to treat phonograph plates with nickel
tinsel. An inquiry from Charles W. Bennett of Cornell University concerns the
metal plating processes employed by Edison. Other correspondents include
geologist Henry C. Demming and E. Schaaf-Regelman, a dealer in ores and
rare minerals.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been selected. The
selected material includes a sampling of letters relating to Edison's acquisition
of minerals for experimental or production purposes. Among the documents
not selected are referrals to other vendors and exchanges concerning ores
that Edison was not interested in purchasing.
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lOI FRANKLIN STREET
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jdison,
EdiBD n Laboratory,
West orange, H.J
Attention- H. F. Miller , Sec' y.
In your letter of May 25th, 1911, you stated Mr. Edison ' i
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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
whioh we discussed laat week, would like to inquire whether or
not the saniples you are making for me are finished. Kindly
let me know Whet her:, y.ou asrlll mail these or whether I shall oall for
them.
Thanking you again for your interest in this matter, 1 am
Sincerely you’re
J8. <0. <0o»e, 4»l[ & Sill ?»•
■JCftlirr’n Ofo&r 3Jlr*ter« Hiilon
(VA'Vr^
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Jan‘ 24th-1912.
1/00
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Sir,-
B» writer hep to wollmtC he fever ef en in.ervie. with
vow, if possible, to-morrow .n.S». between 2 end 3 o'oloob. I
should be very tbrnnuful If you enlfid sp.r. . few minutes for me o-
morrow. but in o... the time pro(o..d is no, oonv.nlent to you ud
„ h,v. rn. edvieed by telephone to-morrow moruind whether end
will be agreeable to you to see me.
Thanking you for your consideration, I am,
Respectfully yours,
//iy? E SCHAAF-RKGELMAH.
ESR/SK. Cft f) f
Ores, JUirc ^Rinernls, (gems,
Asbrstins, (Centre nub .Sfibre
Cclryliunr: 137 JBtonir
Ofnlile JVtrbrcBn: gugsitiiiu
A. ?8. <5. OS otre> «! «: 5«! ?»•
HHclirr’* flpnhc Xtcilern Union Cfobr
■1 <jrtnlc Slcctl (JBnUeru }Jnrli JQIhg.)
As per telephone conversation wiijri Mr. H.
of this morning 1 herewith beg to repeat the gist of!
letters of mine of recent date to which you have ij
,with a reply.
i/j syr hf \ is',
BISMUTH. In case you are still interested in^sdoiurOTg this ifietal
in. large quantities at about $ li'oo per lb., Wcan^ither o(£.er you
a mining property in the West, which is capable of yielding large
quantities of rich ore , or, if that suits you better, I will try
to interest smelters in the proposition, if you will give me some
data as to your probable requirements.
T.TTHTUM CARBONATE. Being the Agent of • the Mallinckrodt Chemical
Works of St. Louis for Lithium Carbonate, I am very anxious to
supply you also in future with this article, and as you have always
been satisfied with our quality, which, if I remember correctly,
you consider superior to that made by Dr. Schaefer and Sold by Mr.
Merck, and as I have in former years endeavored in your interest
to bring the price of this article down to its present low level,
I should thank you very much to again make a contract with me for
a substantial part of your future requirements.
CALCINED MAfiNESITB. I am now also hadquarters in this article and
shpuld you use Magnesite or Magnesia in any form or shape, kindly
give me a chance to supply you.
■v--'
laboratory and offices
Hon. Thomas A. Edison,
Harrisburg, Pa. , -February 3, 1912.
yt ' /V?
Orange, New Jersey. ^ 5~frl2
0pS>\>3 \ f
There is a mine in La Plata county, Colorado, known as the
"Comstock , " which is producing from 12 to 16* Bismuth; this in
ores containing also gold and silver. The owners of the mine
seem to be paying no attention to the saving of the Bismuth con-
tents. If you are still in search of Bismuth, probably I can
arrange to have this element extracted from the Comstock ores,
and at a much less cost to you than if you were to go upon the
general market for the metal. I have visited this mine several
times, and believe the Bismuth to be there in considerable
quantities.
By the way, I hope you had a very pleasant time in Europe.
Of course I have resented with scorn any intimation that you went
abroad because, about the time of your departure, there appeared
in connection with your phonograph department a song, -and I do
not know whether you are the author of wjC "Any Girl Looks Good
to Me in Summer Time.*
j.±y youro,
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M. U. SCHOOP
Werke fUt- Metalllslerung
ZORICH HI •
Miiricfi, ben JJj,_Eehrwu?-.18lS-
LABORATOHY of
auf marks am zu maohon, ale sohr wahrecheinlich Ihren Zweokon ent-
spreohen uni kaum die Halfte von dew kosten, was die elektroly-
tisehcn Plittor. Ich kann die Ware, event, auch ohne Politur.lt-
fern zu :
Pr. 18.— per Elio , loko ZUrioh , bei Bezug von raindestens 100 kg,
Bei grosser en Bestellungon entspreohend R&batt.
Hit gleioher Post schiclce ioh Ihnen ferner ein kleines Stiick
einer metallreproduzierten Orammophonplatte und zwar 1st dieser Ab -
klatsoh derart entstanden.dass feinzerteiltes He tall in fliissigem
Zustande auf die OberflUche der Graminophonplabte geBohlcudert wird.
Piir den Pall,das3 dieses, von mir entdeokte und ontwiokelte
Verfahren fUr das Heproduzieren Ihrer PH0H0SRAHDSK-WA1Z3IT
[TRANSLATION FOLLOWS]
. Interosse lu.t , was ioh vornnits, bin toll ::u weitoron Angabon Oder
AnDtol3.cn von Vornuchnn init Vcrgnbgen baroit.
Uebringenc 1st ein 1 linger or Artikol ilbor (liases I3ott.ll -
sprits vorfc.hr on vor rund a Jt.br an in der lioitsehrift : CHi&lICAX-
& MiiTAXXURG ICAI iillOIIuCUilG" or sob ion on .
Vielleioht interossirt ob Bio , 211 boron, dans icb von BBP.ft-
in Berlin fi.ir Iabore.toriiiKB-/Iv;ocko eine II i ckel-3i e en-But t or i 0
bostellt hn.be und solcho diennr 2r.ce nngekoniMon ist.
Man miiSB, so hr geohrter Horr RDISOH.in diosnr Butorio ga-
arboitet babon.um Thro Geni&litSt und Ihron Scharfsinn gendgond
wflrdigen 211 kiinnon und es ktinn fur inieh keinom 2v;oifel unterliegcn,,
dr.es einimil der Zoitpunkt koianon wird.wo dor armseliga Bloi-Akku-
raulator (lurch den EJJISOII-AIC^Jn'JXATORSS vollkonjinen vcrdrlingt soin
\?ird.f
lob boffo gorne, reobt bald von Ihnon r.u horen.womit iob
ini ob Ihnen empfehle
Hit dem Ausdruoke dor
vollkoMKonsten Hoohaohtung ;
Icb la3e golaufig onglisch, ohne jedoob die
Scbriftspr-.cbo au boberrschen.
Boilagen:
S’littorwuHtor
Grr.m.ophonplatton-Staok
Sonderabdruck dos Artikels
[TRANSLATION]
I beg to oall your attention to non eleetrolytio nickel tinsel, which
would probably meet your requirements and would coat scarcely half of the electro¬
lytic tinsel, I can deliver the goods, also without polish at
18 Fr per kilo, here in Zurioh, upon order of at least
100 kg. On larger orders a corresponding rebate.
In this mail, X am sanding you also a small piece of a metallic
reproduced gramophone -plate. This product is obtained by finely divided metal
being hurled, in fluid condition, on to the surface of the gramophone plate.
In the event of this process, which was discovered and developed by me,
being of interest to you for the reproduction of your phono cylinders,, which I judge
will be the case, I shall tie glad to give you further information, etc, as may bo
desired,
A lengthy article on this process of sprinkling metal appeared about two years
ago in the Chemical and Uetallurgical Engineering Magazine,
It may interest you to bear that I have ordered a nickel iron
battery from Bergmann, for laboratory purposes and the same arrived recently.
It is necessary for one to have worked in such matters, Mr Edison,
in order to be able to properly estimate your genius and sagacity, and I have
no doubt at all that the time will come when the wretched lead storage battery will
be completely run off the market by the Edison Storage battery!
I hope to hear from you soon.
Very respectfully,
U U Schoop.
I read English fluently but am not acquainted with eoript.
Ends auras
Sample of tinsel
Pieee of gramaophone plate
Special imprint of article.
Translation of article if desired.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Sondprabdruok aus „Chemiker-Zeitung“ 1911, Nr. 53.
(AlKlriick mi» dor ..I'horotltor-y.oltuni;** In nur mil Ai.gi.bc .ler yn.lta cmI.iui.)
Die Herstellung
von Metalliiberziigen nach dem Schoopschen Spritzverfahren.")
Von M. U. Schoop - Zurich -Hongg.
Wie schon der Name andeutet, liegt dem Metallspritzverfahren der
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
- 2 -
durch einen Strahl gespannten Dampfes Oder Oases' zerrissen und ge-
tvissermaCen in einen „Nebel" iibergefiilirt wird. Die den Metallteilchen
hierbei erteilte Gesclnvindigkeit, z. B. bei Verwendung von unter 10 at
steliendem Stickstoff, ist eine ganz auBerordentlich groBe und aut
experirnentcllem Wege sclnvcr zu ermitteln. Hingcgen kann mail
rechneriscli den Naclnveis erbringen, daB die Teilchen sidi nut emer
Gesdiwindigkeit bewegen, die von derselben OroBenordnung ist tvie
die Anfangssdinelligkeit eines deutsdien Infanteriegesdiosscs (etwa 900 m
in der Sekundc). Bei Verwendung des viel leichtern Wasserstoffs
Druck- odor Zerstaubungsmittel an Stelle von Wasserdampf
stoff erh8ht sicti dieser Wert um ein Mehrfaches.
Stick-
Oasdichten verhalten sich bekanntlich umgekelirt tvie die Quadrate
der Ausstromungsgeschwindigkciten, mit denen Gase unter gleichcm
Drucke aus einer engen Offnung trclen. Dieses Gesetz ist ein Spczial-
fall des Torricelli sclicn Theorems: tv = • >n dcm w die Aus-
stromungsgesdnvindigkeit , H den Ausstromungsdruck und D die Gas-
diclite bedcuten. Im Folgenden bezeichnet: pi den absoluten Druck vor
der Miindung in kg/qcm, p den absoluten Druck nacli der Miindung in
kg q cm, Vi das spezifische Dampfvolumen in cbm/kg, k eine Konstantc,
tvelche bei Luft = 1,41, bei iiberhitztem Dampf = 1,30, bei gesattigteni
Dampf = 1,135 zu setzen ist, g die Erdbeschleunigung = 9,81. Bei
adiabatischer reibungsloser Stromung erhalt nun die AusfluBgesclitvindig-
keit bei einfacher Mundung folgenden Wert:
V'ag i” ■v‘[|-(;£') k |XU>
Diese Formel ist jedodi nur fiir solche Werte des Gegcndrucks liinter
der Miindung giiitig, die nicht kleiner sind als der sogenannte kritischc
Druck: p,„ = p, k_l ' Fur iiberhitzten Dampf ist = 0,5457,
fur gesattigten Dampf ist = 0,5774. Ist der Gegendruck kleiner
als der kritische Druck, tvas in dem vorliegenden Falle zutrifft, so tvachst
die Austrittsgeschwindigkeit mit steigendem Drucke nicht melir, sondeni
bleibt konstant. Diese konstantc Gesdiwindigkeit wird als kritischc
Gesdiwindigkeit bezeichnet und hat tvie die Sdiallgesditvindigkeit bei uber-
hitztem Wasserdampf den Wert: p,„ = VPi ■ vi in m/sek. Grapliisdi
aufgetragen erhalt man eine Parabel, die zuerst rasch ansteigt und sicli
sodann asymptotisch einer zur Abzissenadise parallel liegenden Geraden
niihert. Wie leicht zu verstehen ist, ist die AusfluBgeschwindigkeit des
fliissigen Metallfadens unter der Voraussetzung, daB das Mctall unter
demselben Druck stelit, wie das zerstiiubende, gasformige Medium, sehr
wesentlich geringer, als die AusfluBgeschwindigkeit des Zerstiiubungs-
mittels, Oder anders gesagt: die tvirkliclie Gesdiwindigkeit der flicgendeii
M..i..iiu4lrlimi ist- als eine Resiiltnnte von ztvei Gesdiwindigkeitskoin-
ponenten . aufzufassen und erheblich kleiner als die Gesdiwindigkeit des
ausstromcnden Dampfes, beztv. Oases. , . , ,
Den sicli an der zu iiberziehenden Fliiche abspielenden Vorgang
hat man sich wohl so zu denken, daB die den Metall eilchen erteiUe
lebendige Kraft beim Auftreffen in Form von Wnrme tvieder zum \ or-
sclicin komrnt d. li. also: die voraussichtlich in erstarrtem Zustande be-
fiudliclicn Metallteilchen tverden fiir einen Augenblick plastisch und
srliweiBen ecu rasd vorubergdienden Erhitzungszustande zu einer
schoncn und glattenSdiiditzusammen, deren Dickeienach derDauerderBe-
strnhluni! inncrhalb tvciter Grenzen sehr vernnderhch sein kann ('/no bis
s mn, und mehrt Infolge der pldtzlichen Entspannung des Dampfes
beztv. Gases ergibt sich die bcmerkenstverte Erscheinung, daB die ein-
tretende intensive Abkiihlung sicli auch den Metallteilchen nil tei It, das
bis 'auf070n»dC und^darunter ‘abgekiihu"!!'^^^ sodaB" ohne^iteres
Eier, Fruclite, Blumen zu metallisieren, Oder auf diese Weise muini
fizierende Wirkungen zu erzielen. .
liclie Vorgang bei dem Zustandekommen der ScHOOPSChen Metalluber-
zuge ist eine8 typische SchweiBung, die durch g ^bze.t.ge Verwe dung
von Hitze und Druck gekennzeichnct tvird. 11 prln dur‘
scidditcn8 liqjMi? Die*»Srst^SlSH^®™ien ^Sfchen werjje^ Vs°Endprod5kt
!st81ndsehr^tot^dbearbeUet^stMetalltm1fa3oTphemUKleingefiigeA) Die
oxydbildcnden Metalle besitzen bei der Zerstaubung b®r ent-
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Metallschichtcn zu erzeiigen, die von der Untcrlage gotrcnnt wcrdcn; d. li.
ilso uni ein Verfabren, ivelclies Foringebung bezweckt.wie beispielsweiso
lie galvanoplastischen Vervielfiiltigungsverfahren.
Es kann sicli in manclien Fallen empfehlen, die betreffenden Gegen-
itiinde vor bezw. wahrend der Bestralilung, mittels geeigneter Ober-
lachenbehandlung, z. B. mit Sandstrahlgebliise, von anhaftendem Fett unti
lergl. zu befreicn ; unbedingt erforderlich ist dies jedoch nicht. Ebenso
<ann die Erwarmung, besonders wenn Metalloberflachen vorliegen,
iviilirend bezw. nach der Bestralilung angezeigt sein, um ein gutes Hatton
in begiinstigen. Vermittels des neuen Verfahrens konnen Verzinnungen,
Vcrzinkungen Oder Verbleiungen derart vorgenommen werden, daB sie
von den bisher ublichen Verzinnungen, Verzinkungen bezW. Verbleiungen
kaum unterscbieden werden konnen. Gegenuber den bekannten Verfabren
rinrcli Aufschmelzen oder Elektrolyse bietet dasSpritzverfahren dieVortoile,
ilafi keine Metallverluste durch Verdampfung eintreten, daB ein selir
raschcs Arbeiten ermoglicht wird, und daB die Behandlung an beliebigem
Orte und von Korpern mit beliebigen GroBenverhiiltnissen vorgenommen
werden kann. Ob an der Oberflache eine die llaftung unterstutzende
Legierung sicti bildet, Oder ob die Adhiirenz der ScHOOPSChen Uberziige
dadurch zu erklaren ist, daB die mit groBer Geschwindigkeit auftreffenden
Metallteilchen in die vorhandenen Poren der bestrahlten Oberflachen
Mctallc, die in erliitztem Zustande eine gute SchwcjBfHhigkeit aufwc
und eine plastische Konsistenz annehmen, wie z, B. Aluminium, E
Messing, ferner die Edelmetalle, bei denen eine Oxyd- oder Sch ac
bildung nicht zu befurchten ist, und die von House aus auBerorden
ziilie und dehnbar sind. Vielleicht wird das Verfabren aus d esem Or
sicli aucli in die zahnarzthche Metailtechnik Eingang verschanen, .(
zur Herstellung von Edelmetalluberzugen fur Brucken oder Plattcn
es zur direkten Fiillung von Zahnhblilungen. Hervorheben moclite
noch, daB es mir neuerdines gelungen ist, eine transportabelo Zerstaubi
vorricbtung mit beweglicher Strahldiise zu konstru eren, wobei mir i
Assistent Ing. F. Herkenrat ausgezeichnete Dienste geleistet hat.
In der Hauptsache ergeben sicli zwei typische Endprodukte:
haftende Metalluberzuge, welche zum Schutz oder zur vai's(cl'0r,a
von Oberflachen dienen, oder selbstandige Form bi tzende Met illko
welche nach ihrer Fertigstellung von der Unterlaf
Mit anderen Worten: es konnen Metalluberzuge Oder abtrenr
selbstandige Metallschichten erzeugt werden. Zu der ersten Art
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mu Dim, Aluminium Oder anderen Mctallcn fur die Zweckc der
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usw., die Herstellung von festhaftenden Aluminiumiiberzugen auf Zinn,
Zink, Blei und sonstigen Metallen, Oder umgekehrt das Uberziehen von
Aluminium mil beliebigem anderem Metall. in die zweite Arbeitsgruppe
geliOren die Herstellung von Klisctiees, Stempeln, Matrizen, der Ersatz
von galvanischen Reproduktionen alter Art, die Herstellung von Hohl-
korporn, nabtloscn Roliren usw. ' „ . ........
Mittels des neuen Verfahrens gelingt es ferner, zwei Metallteile
schweiB- Oder lotartig miteinander zu verbinden, indein die vorlier cr-
iiitzten Verbindungsstellen der Metallzerstiiubung ausgesetzt tvcrden,
wobei die zu verbindenden Gegenstande verschiedenen Materials sein
konnen. So konnen z. B. zwei Bleiteile oline Benutzung einer Stick-
damme gewissermaBen nach Art einer autogenen SchweiBung obne
Scbwierigkeit miteinander verbunden werden, indem fein zerteiltes Blei
in die Verbindungsfuge gespritzt wird. Ebenso ist es, wie ich micli
durcli den Versuch uberzeugen konnte, ohne weiteres angangig, ein
nerforiertes Bleiblech durch aufgestaubtes Blei wieder diclit zu mac lien,
ohne daB es nachher zu erkennen war, wo die Grenzflache der beiden
Bleiflachen lag, bezw. welches die urspriingliche Unterlagssclucht und
welches die neue Bleischicht war. Das Verbleien nach Schoop durfte
besonders fur die chemische GroBindustrie von Bedeutung sein, und es
wird auch bereits von dem franzosischen Konzern, welcher meine fran-
zosischen Patente erworben hat, in groBemMaBstabe praktisch ausgefuhrt.1)
Das bisherige Ausloten von Bottichen und KochgefaBen der chemischen
Industrie kann ebenfalls durch das vor allem rascher arbeitende neue
Spritzverfahren ersetzt werden, indem man die lecken Stellen dem zer-
staubten Metallstralil aussetzt. Die Mfigtichkeit der Holzkonservierung
durch Metalliiberziige ist namentlich fur Leitungsmaste, fiir Sicherungs-
I—'-— 5" feuchten Bergwerken, zum Schutze gegen die Termiten in den
;w. von Wert. Glasflaschen mit kostbaren Getranken und emp-
_ Fliissigkeiten konnen nach ihrer Verkorkung dem zerstaubten
Metallstralil ausgesetzt und so mit einer uber Kork und Hals reichenden,
hermetisch schlieBenden Metallkapsel verselien werden. Fur das Kunst-
gewerbe kommt die Herstellung von metalljsierten Gipsabdrucken,
Papierreliefs, die Reproduktiori von Intarsien aller Art, Lederutensihen,
Reproduktion von Kunstgegenstanden usw. in Betracht.
4} Socicte de Metallisation (Precedes Schoop) Soc.anonymc mit einem Kapital
findlichen F
%£. ^'cJfasif'^lcgclmau
^Jntt Js'lrrrt (JBittleqi ^Jncli JU»a.)
jfciu yorii, st. g. Feb . 14th-,j
It is but reluctantly that I am writing you again to¬
day in regard to Lithium- Carbonate , as I am afraid that mV- fre¬
quent solicitations will annoy you, but if you will kindly remember
our previous conversations on the subject, it will be apparent to
you that only on account of your having entered the Lithium market
as the largest individual buyer, has it been possible to maintain
two manufacturers of this article in the United States, and it is
their competition which has reduced the price from $1.- to 55^ per
lb. Peculiar things have happened lately in connection with the
mining and manufacturing of Lithium and I would have liked to re¬
port these to you, hence my several requests for an interview. I
do not like to reduce these news to writing, but if you care to
keep this competition alive and secure Lithium-Carbonate also in
future at the very low price of 55^ per lb., which leaves but a
20% manufacturing profit, and sometimes even less to the makers, ,
please favor me with a good sized order soon; otherwise the Lithium
market will be left to the tender mercies of one of your neighbors .
^-"yYours respectfully,
day and to assure you that I greatly appreciate your kindness .
I was glad to learn from our conversation yesterday that
you contemplate making a yearly contract for large quantities of
Lithium Carbonate in about May and that you will give me part of
your orders then.
I confirm having sold to you for the present 3 tons of
Lithium Carbonate, same quality as furnished before, at 55^ per lb*
f .o.b. R.R. cars at Orange, one ton each to be delivered April 1st,
May 1st, and July 1st of this year.
Thanking you again for .the consideration shown me and so¬
liciting a continuance of your favors, I am,
Respectfully yours.
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GENERAL oVf|CES.43 EXCHANGE PLACE, CABLE ADDRESS "QUEBATH, NEW YORK"
"NewTibrk. March 12. 1912.
under ooneidoration the use of thin sheet niojcel for the nanufeotui^ of
indestructible books* It has ocourrod to us that if you have given
favorable consideration to sheet niokel in the face of its fairly high
cost that "Monel Metal" would be doubly interesting to you, owing to
its rauoh loss ooBt and possessing as it does praotioally all of the
physical oharaoteristios of niokel. We know you are sufficiently
familiar with "Monel Metal" to render it unnecessary for ub to dilate
upon its merits, and we are simply addressing ourselves to you with a
view to ascertain whether this proposition is active, and if so the
size and gauge of sheets you have undor consideration.
Yours vary truly,
LIONEL METAL MFC. COMPANY,
HEP/M
Sales Agent.
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY
^r-«V ITHACA. N.Y. Maroh &0) 191g
Gentlemen : (jP^ '
Professor Panoroft and myself are preparing a took on
Applied Electrochemistry, and desiring to include as much as possl-
hlo on the later development of the plating industry, are writing
you for any information you will he kind enough to give us.
We would like to know what motals you plate (nickel, silver, copper,
gold, trass, zino, otc.), and approximately the amount of each
plated from solution yearly. We should te pleased to know something
of the composition of the taths used, temperature, and current densi¬
ty. We hope to make this took of interest to the technical man as
well as to the student, and are adftpting this method as the only
one available, for getting reliable information;
Hoping that we may serve you sometime in the future, and
thanking you in advance, I am
5)he Edison Company
West Orange, II. J.
Very truly yours,
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GIGANTE QUICKSILVER MINING CO., INC.
(COMPANIA MINERA DE MERCURIO DEL GIGANTE.)
OF
GUANAJUATO, STATE OF GUANAJUATO.
MEXICO.
April 6,1912.
Mr. Thomas A. Eel icon,
Orange, Now Jersey. U.S.A.
Dear Sir:-
Lately X have sent an encineer up to the Dahloncga ,Ga. col'1 soo-
tion, to investigate sane, and I understand throuCh an engineer here ,Mr.
Miller, that several years ago, you sent an enCineor ,ancl conducted a line
of experiments on those ores. If it is convenient to do so, will you tfindly
give me the name and address of your engineer, ao I wish to know if he tried
the more recent cyanide practice there, and to what extent.
0^ '
0!t. &
MERCANTILE EXCHANGE,
No.6 HARRISON STREET,
April lath, 1912.
laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
Orange,
Dear Sir:-
.....
rttention of Mr. A. E. Miller.
X heg to acknowledge reoeipt 0/ your letter of the
16th inst. relative to the matter of nickel plating, and would
advise that X will oall upon Mr. Edison at an early date with
Bamples and full information regarding the new prooess of niokel
plating.
Thanking you for your favor, I remain
Yours very truly.
Zfc&fiAone <&>nn*ctioi
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stixVs. Waul. Muni. 0Ufa*
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Orange, Now Jersey.
We have determined to make a market for
TELLURIUM, 99jJ in 100 pound and upwards, and have therefore
reduoed the prioe from ’$5. per pound to $3.50 per pound.
Pleaae advise us if you are in the market for same,
and for what quantity.
An early reply will oblige,
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POWERS ACCOUNTING MACHINE CO.
303-305 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
April 29, 1912
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, New Jersey
We are informed that you are experimenting viith.or
have perfected, a substitute for paper in the form of a metal
flake or substance, of a metallic nature.
This Company is bringing forward a oomplete set of
automatic mechanical tabulating equipment consisting of Puneh-
ina Sorting and Tabulating machines, similar to the Hollerith
sowing and tabulating machines, which have been upon the mar-
Mt tot sometime , excepting that they operate “K" i .PStOT.r
through holes in punched cards.
V/hile our machines are perfected, we have not as yet
publicly exhibited them, as we are thoroughly testing and try¬
ing them out ourselves before we solicit business or place them
upon the market.
Difficulty has always been experienced in attempting
to secure a uniform paper stock of a quality which when printed
in the form of cards and punched, would successfully operate
through the machines a great many times. ^“believe
"metal" card which could be produced economically, we b elieve
mnnh of this difficulty would be overcome and prove to have many
advantages over thecards now used in connection with tabulating
machines To this end, the writer would very much appreciate
the opportunity of personally presenting this subject to yourself,
and would ask an appointment for this purpose.
Very truly yours,
POWERS ACCOUNTING MACHINE C0._
General Manager
P. S. - We are enclosing herewith a. few sample cards which i
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303*305 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
May X, 19X2
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Thomas A. Edison, Be.,
Orange, Hew Jersey
Bear Sir:
We have your letter of April 30th, in which you
state that the nickel you produce is entirely too thin for
our purpose. We do not know the thickness of your nickel
product, and as it is possible for us to adjust the feeding
mechanism of our equipment to most any thickness of stock, we
should like very much to experiment with your nickel substi¬
tute, if we might be privileged to do so. The question of
cost would be more or less of a secondary consideration, pro¬
vided we could successfully use a metal instead of a paper card.
The writer expects to be in the vicinity of Orange u-
pon Eriday, the third instant, and would appreciate the privilege
of calling at your laboratory, and, if possible, meet yourself
or other representatives of your Company. In the event that
this is not convenient, could you favor us with samples of your
nickel produot?
Very truly yours,
POWERS ACCOUHTINO HACHIHE
K3E0HT ON AUTOMATIC TIME FOR NICKEL FLAKS CRANES
She outfit is designed to get uniform coatings
of nickel on drums while platine, thoroby making a more uni¬
form product and helping to make the manufactured cells more
uniform in aotton.
The outfit consists of an ampere hour meter,
with two contacts on dial, a single pole contactor or circuit
■breaker with magnetio blow-out, a relay and a starting button.
In order to start the apparatus the operator lets
his crane down into the plating baths as usual and then pushes
a button. This button operates the relay, which in turn closes
the contactor, establishing a circuit. As eoon as the circuit
is closed, the meter starts going round, and after the required
current has passed through the' bath for a certain time, the re¬
lay is tripped (by the contact ori dial of meter) which in turn
opens the contactor and at the same time’ putB the pilot lamp
out .which signain Beans that the cycle of operation is through
and the operator goeB on to the next bath, the operation being
repeated.
ime outfit as described is used for both the copper
and nickel baths, there being a double winding on circuit
breaker coil, that is one winding for ISO volts and the other
for 35 volts.
The use of this outfit has certain advantages
over the sand glass method of timing, first - because the
current used for the plating varies through a wide range due
to unbalanced load, whereas in using the device the length of
tine a drum stays in the nickel or copper bath is controlled by
the current only and therefore deposits must be uniform.
Seoond - The operator of a crane can only close
the circuit and cannot lift out before his Bignal is given
without deranging his schedule, and in' that ease the foreman
needs only to glance at the ampere-hour meter to know what
has happened.
Another great advantage is, that the circuit
cannot be closed until the orane is at reBt in the bath,
and same oirouit is broken by contactor before the orane is
lifted again, thus prolonging the life of the copper contact
feet on orane to a very great extent.
May 6th, 191B.
Mr. Charles R. Miller,
Sparta, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 11th instant Mr.
Edison directs we to write you that the jug of water came,
hut it has considerable dirt from the rook in it, or the
jug was not cleaned out thoroughly with hot water and
drained. You had better fix up a sluice and clean the
rock so we can get water free from dirt, then fill _a
jug full, thoroughly cleaned by boiled water, that has
been coaled down to hot coffee temperature to prevent
cracking glass and rinsed.
(Signed)
Edison.
LABORATORY AND OFFICES
HENRY C. DEMMING
Harrisburg.Pa. , May 15, 1912
Ct->
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Hon. ThomaB A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Friend Edison: f t
In 1898 when examining your lands in Sussex Count;
I noticed considerable quantities of Molybdenite j and you re*
member that you disposed of a fine sample at the rate of 25
cents per pound, and that I wae a little peppery because you
left Buch a remarkable sample go for a song, when it could have
been sold, as a cabinet specimen, for $20. or $30. The price
of Molybdenite has since Increased until it now brings 40 cents
per pound of 95% purity. It may be that you have some for sale
from the Sussex County property, and I have lost no time in in¬
forming you of the recent increase in price of this mineral.
While away, I noticed in a western paper an article something
like this: "Thomas A. Edison says we sleep too much. This may
have been the ease until he invented the phonograph." What did
the editor mean by that!
Faithfully yours.
HCD-I
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G. & C. JVlERRIAM COMPANY,
- PUBLISHERS OF -
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Springfield, Mass., . . 19 12 .
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pages, about 9 x 12 inches, and is
printed on a much thinner psper than
ordinarily used.
May we ask whether you have developed
an aluminium vollum which could bo put
into practical use in reducing the thick¬
ness of books -- ospocir-lly such a book
of reference an a largo dictionary! Of
course tho page size could not be reduced
without having the printed matter too
condensed to be readable. At best we think
our correspondent would need to hove a
pretty large pocket in which to carry
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Hoping to receive a line from you
regarding tho above, we are
Yours very truly,
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/au.
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ickre^t Chemic; 1
A short time ago the Mallinoh^^ ChfimlciJ^Woirks have
furnished you the last ton of you °n th°
order you have favored me with when*Ic£ilea upon^tflW«^e last
All shipments being made, I beg ’fwTfiqm.re whether you
will be good enough to favor me with another order for Lithium
Carbonate of, the same quality at the same price of 85/ per lb.
freight paid to Orange.
I assure you that I would appreciate it very much if
you would continue to favor me with part of your Lithium Carbonate
business and awaiting your kind reply, I am.
Respectfully yours
A. B. BENESCH
IS BHOAD STI1KRT
I understand that Col hemming is known to you as a good
mining engineer, and, therefore, take the liberty of writing
yon to abk! whether in your opinion he 1b competent to make
a thorough ; examination and report on gold mining proposition,
and whether his report can he relied upon.
«ny Information which you may giro me regarding
Col. hemming will he very much appreciated, and you hare my
assurance that the same will he held in absolute confidence.
Thanking you in advance for a prpmpt reply, I remain.
Tours very truly.
C"?OFT
UMsSott Comtolfoateb fining Co. ,"°'!!!!l’'i
GENERAL OFFICES
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... Dear SirjRelylng upon
from you, copies of Vame biP'^fiem
berty to make the
From the information
that have appeared fre
muth was an important o'.
ery,and herewith enclose a prospectus. showing the
L$f <cd£a^
claim that you use bismuth iff-fSui
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yoULdo not u|e biBm^th^in
iontwewould greatly apprecia-
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re would
such information and belli
Some complaint ha^fegnjipEc^e
your new battery; and terliVrtxe thfljc
te a reply as to the trW?h£?’Va!rslty 'of'the 'claim.
In view of the fact that you have told
in the battery is conclusive evidence te
like confirmatory evidence of that fact as a clincher.
And on the other hand, if you have given up the use of biBmuth in t-
he battery, we would be pleased to fcsww that such is the case, as we do
n ot wish to make any claimB that cannot be substanciated.
using,
If you are now.or/are intending to /use} bismuth, it is probably
A than td us
of as much .or more importance to you to have the bismuth deposits of
this section developed, as we feel confident we have under our controll
,and under development, the greatest bismuth deposits now known in the
country. Y#urB 18 truly>
Frank l.Wilson,
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largo bodies of gold, silver, copper and lead
upon Us property, which we merely mention
In this prospectus, but from which there is
no doubt the Company will be nblo to ex¬
tract immense quantities of ore, there seems
to be no doubt that an investment in the
stock of the Company will be safe and very
profitable. And owing to the fact that tho
Company is soon to begin tho shipment of
ore, It Is safe to conclude that the stock will
advance rapidly In price and that the Com¬
pany will very shortly enter the list of divi¬
dend paying mines of tho State.
THE WILSON CONSOLIDATED MINING
COMPANY,
Rooms 208 and 209. Brooks Arcade,
Salt Lnke City, Utah.
Independent phone 1H42.
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Erem the Laboratory
of
THOMAS A.EDISon
Orange ,N.J. May 25 th,08.
Clifton Copper Belt Mining CO.,
Erank L. Wilson ,Esq. , Gen. Mgr. ,
69 East Third South St., Room 208,
Salt Lake City .Utah.
Bear Sir:
Yours of the 20 th Inat. regarding bismuth ore received. MrBdi-
•on directs me to write you that he uses bismuth in his new battery and
as he has only just started manufacturing cannot say how much he shall
use. It depends upon the cheapness, as he has to have it very pure. He wo
uld like to have a sample of four or five pounds of the 12^ bismuth ore
to test, as certain ingredients make it difficult to get it as pure as
he desires.
He would like to know what the freight would be on a car load lot
and what you would charge for the bismuth , per. pound metallic, if you
receive 95$ of the gold value and nine cents for the copperE.0.3. cars
on Railroad.
Your answer and test of ere will determine its desirability’.
Yours very truly,
(signed) H.E.Miller,
Secretary,
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
(Copy)
Ptom The Laboratory
of
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Orange ,M. J. April 25 th,10.
Clifton Copper Belt Mining CO.,
Mr. Frank L. Wilson Gen. Manager ,
Salt Lake City.Utsh .
Dear Sir :Mr. Edison directs me to write you
that he can now use some bismuth. Please give us a quotation on high gr¬
ade bismuth ore.F.O.B. best shipping point in carload lot, with assay. Co
uld it be picked to run low in gold?
Yours very truly,
(signed) H. F. Miller ,
Secretary,
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
(Copy)
Erom ^he laboratory
of
THOMAS A, EDISON ,
. Orange N . J . , Hay 11 th , 10 .
Erank 1. Wilson, Esq.. ,
1107 -11 th.Avn.,
Altoona, Pa.
My dear Sir: Can you send me small sample of the different
'varieties of your ore in which bismuth occurs.. I am in no hurry for his
nuth,but am looking out for a future supply.
I have found a new use for it, hut it'soost to me at orange
Must not exceed sixty oenjrs per pound of J.tetalic Bismuth; otherwise I ca
nnot substitute it for the devise already in use.
I shall probably need, next year, about 400 pounds daily .which will
inci-eaoe. Suppose the proper way would be to concentrate the ore to hi¬
gh grade by jigging or Wilfrey Tables; or even make a rough matte of the
metal ,uo freight rates would be within reason.
Youre very truly,
(signed) Thomas A. Edison.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
( COPY)
Prom the Laboratory
THOMAS A.BDISON,
Orange ,N. J . , Aug. 9 ,1910.
MR. Prank L. Wilson,
1107-11 th Aye . ,
Altoona, Pa.
Dear Sir: Mr .Edison directs me to v/rite you and ask what a-
re the prospects of railroads getting near the Lucy L. Mismuth Property
Yours very truly,
(Bigned) H.P.Miller,
Secretary,
jt&e/e/iAono rfi»nneetionS
^Mw/A S$me
Ores. d/tta/si srf//oys,
. S&iJs. Ways. Warns. Mutter.
Mu//, If'ooe/. Mlmter. Ot/V UAnerat STunt/s
Mriyuettiny MroeeSieS ft v//acA,'u«vy-
420 S£itevOy S//.
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Mr. Thoma sd .Ed i a on
(Orapsfti,
My dear Sirs
I am pleased to inform you that vie are now prepared
to furnish you Bisraoth^as an oxide or metal/any per cent
you may desire ^amounting to 10 tone a month; kindly therefore
advise me what quantities you can use and at what price per
pound ,or ton of 2000 lbs.
Awaiting an early reply.
YCprs truly.
North American Selling
meadow croft.
The Alice Harriman Company
Publishers of Fine Books
542 Fifth Avenue
New York
' 8/28/12 31 has*
Mr. Thomas Edison, *
O-agge , JS.Tf.
7 Bear 'i geTe,.ai months ago X w-oto you -elative to a news-
Bauer article relating to your perfecting steel sheets on
which type could be used. Unfortunately, in some changes
in the office, the letter-file which container your reply
and the clipping has been mislaid, the-efo-o 1 cannot -emem-
be- just what you did answer, except that you were not -eady
to put it on the market.
X ve-y much desi-e to see you or some of your men
in -ega-d to this matter. X will not take much of you- time ,
but in ten minutes “ could tell you what . I want and you oould
tell me what I want' to know, Whereas I aon t know.myself ,
exactly about the steel-paper enough to .write intelligently.
If you will set a time that X may come-ove-, you
will greatly oblige and help, ■ _
A^*>
The Alice Harriman Company
Publishers of Fine Books
542 Fifth Avenue
New York
Mr .H.P. Miller,
Orange, N.J.
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Dear Mr. Mi Her:
Thank you for your prompt reply. Mow may I ask
one more favor ? May I come over and
those "very small sheets," which you now have, and
talk witn you a very few minutes about my desi
to be the first to have something printed on t
nickel sheets. It would mean so much to .me i
I could have such a "scoop" as we say in newspaperdom,
as that, even if it. were but the tinest kind of a
book.
I can come any day except after 2'P.P. on Thursday.
Yours expectantly, /•
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T>eur Sir;
I am a Mining Engineer, and have recently been ^examining t
it, commonly called "Bronzlte" and, after muohlfwork over ti
chemist (A her man student), says that those rocks contain f
and a half per cent (1 to 1 of "Tantalum", and that sutr
UBed in Electrical appliances, it fc entirely new and 3tr&m)e t le
there seems to he fully 60.000 tons of the rock all in sight re t
out.
This deposit is only about 14 miles from the rail road, and o
tracted, milled or concentrated for Sii.oo par ton, hut the process
putting the "Btuff" into metallic Tantalum, is way beyond me, hut 1
chemist says that $8.oo or $10. oo more, per ton, will make
merchantable , ready to "draw into Tantalum wires,
If this interests you, I can make arrangements to produce the metal of
"Tantalum" very cheaply, according to the Chemists reports, hut if it is
used in Electrical appliances, you, of course know all about it, and can
give me its value in the market, as well as the average coBt of produc¬
tion, under the ordinary conditions.
Hoping that something may c
reference to metal sheets for perforated. music rolls.
We note that you are using a fine sheet niekle cut up
into minute pieces for storage battery, purposes. Would
you care to submit us samples of this and if so we would
Diet. C. G.
your favor of the 24th and thank you for same, and, some time
when the writer la in the east he would like very much to have
the pleasure of calling and seeing these metal sheets if he may
he extended an invitation to do so .
Thanking you, however, for the courtesies extended
us and trusting we may he able to reciprocate at some time, heg
to remain,
very truly,
Yours
The Starr Piano
Gentlemen: -
For nearly three years a committee of
the Amerioan Library Association has teen looking
into the matter of better paper on which to print
newspapers for library binding purposes. I under¬
stand that your company haB a soheme to produce a
thin tjfg^niokel foil which will take printing
ink and could be used for durable book work. If
the experiments have reached a practical Btage and
you are able to give information with regard to
cost and the probable use of the material by news¬
papers, X shall be very glad to receive it.
Very truly yours,
W.F.li.
F.P.H.
Mr. Frank E. Hill,
Brooklyn Public Library,
P.6 Brevoort Place,
Brooklyn* H. Y.
Your favor of the 86th inat. in regard, to
thin sheets of nickel for use in making durable books, has
been, received.
In the development of ray storage battery,
one of the greatest . difficulties I encountered was to
provide a material for insuring perfect eleotrioal conductiv¬
ity in the positive tube. After a vast amount of experi-
meriting. I concluded to use pure metallic nickel in exceedingly
fine flakes. The process for making this was developed
after much labor, and thought. The result was the production
of sheets of metallic nickel so thin that EOu of them ore only
about the thickness of an ordinary business card. For our
purpose these sheets are out into small pieces, about 1/16
of an inch square.
In this product I saw a future possibility
of using sheets of metallic nickel, not quite so thin scours,
for making books that .would be really permanent. I. mad®
a passing reference to this idea in talking one day to a
newspaper man, and I presume the news reached ybu through
that ohannol.
The foot is, the extremely attenuated sheets
that wo use in our work wouli be entirely too thin for use
in books and to produce the niokel sheets for the latter
Srpose woSd inv^ve a lot ! of •xperimen^and special apparatus
before a standard material could be_ obtained. * ®°ny'Bry
busy that there is no present expectation of my working on
3nbJeot , but I have no doubt it will be done by someone in
the futttre.
yours very truly,
PUBLIC LIBRARY
IVOORT PLACE
^<5** December 31# 1912.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange,
H. J.
Dear Sir:»
Please aocept liy"tfc[nks 'for your kind
letter of December 28th faplamitory of--Ww--alekel
sheets used in your process^, When yonfexporl-
ments have reached that degree of perfection which
will enable you to print upon them you will have
achieved a great thing for posterity. The paper
now used in newspaper offices is of suoh a charac¬
ter that the bound volumes even go to pieces very
quickly.
Most respectfully yours.
UjQJZWt'L
Chief Librarian.
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Edison General File Series
1912. Mining - Ore Milling (E-12-58)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
the technical and commercial development of Edison's technologies for ore
concentration. The documents relate primarily to Edison's collaboration with
Henry B. Clifford, a mine and mill operator and former associate of humanist
Robert G. Ingersoll, who applied Edison's technologies at sites in Colorado.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material consists primarily of unsolicited inquiries without a
substantive reply from Edison. A few of these inquiries have been selected as
a sample.
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January 15th, 1912.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq..,
Orange, New Jersey. v|j§i $.*7
Dear Hr. Edison:-
Eow that your system has mastered the most complex
of all sulphide concentrating oreB as shown by the recent experi¬
ments made on the ^nnaoonda copper, iron and zinc ores, I
think that you will agree with me that the optimist knew what
he was about when he repeatedly said that you would master the
concentration proposition and eventually revolutionize the
milling of low grade ore of a sulphide nature.
I wrote Hr. Miller some days ago asking him to
forward me the bill of expenses for December, and that I would
forward check.
I regret that I am not with you, but am out on a
matter of great importance to you and myself: That is, I am
arranging to have the first Edison concentrator built, upon a
mine that is now producing four thousand tons per day. I
know the value of this invention, and I propose that there
shall not only come additional fame to you, but we are going
to get a lot of money out of it. yi
With kind regards, I ,, - ,
question of the model plant'. I beg your indulgence in a study of this
letter.
You know how hard it is to overcome prejudice of
g«*ious people, and I am as jealous of anything people say about you
as any of your friends.
X want to, by oifo act remove all doubt 'as to the
efficiency of the Edison Concentrator. You and I know this is going
to be a success and in the end it will revolutionize all concentration
ideas, but unless we act in a heroic manner we are going to face the
usual doubts and side Insinuations.
I do not want to wait until by slow process the
worthy of your ideas becomes proven, that may thke years. I do not
want to be explaining that while you are master of Electricity you
are master of the most vital thing in mining, concentration, I want
to, in three months, by doing that which has never, before been done,
forever set the stamp of success upon this invention.
ah? ,§i.(£ha?l?s
ALFRED S.AMER & CO., Ltd.
Jlevo Orleans, Ha.
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If we VVW)/Lalong In a little disjointed testing plant we will
never get the confidence we want. We will always face the comments
that it is laboratory work', and will not work in practice, then others
will say, we will wait until a plant is built, and so it will go until
years roll by.
How Mr. Edison I am a Mill man. I know your ideas will work
in practice, and optimist as I am, it is because I bring to you a study
of sulphide Concentration running through thirty years. And X want to
beat^ these pessimist too it. Here is what I propose.
We will build at Orange a real 50 ton plant, just the same
SO ton plant as would erect in Colorado, Arizona & Nevada. A complete
operating plant, Crushers, Driers, Washers, Screens, Blowers, etc,
all in place and workable - built right under your eye, on a piece of
ground 100 x 150, screen towers everything perfect. Then we will have
100 tons of ore there, and when we are ready we will show them in a
manner that will set the mining world talking. Not a disjointed plant,
everything running like clock work. I know this is going to cost mere
money then we had expected, but Henry B. Clifford & Co. are willing to ^
pay it, so I trust you will allow me to do this unprecedented thing, to
•prove once for all the worth of your inventions.
Dont worry about the cost, just remember that it will be a perfect
mill, and after we use it at Orange for three months, I can move it to
Montezuma Colorado, so it will really be just like building it West, the
only thing is we pay freight and dismantling oharges.
If you do not object we can keep the plant in a smaller space
by using elevators like Mason has at Stewartsville, instead of long
Conveyors. We can explain that the Conveyor system will go in large
plants, and that we only use Elevators on account of lack of spaceT
If you settle on the site and the elevator system, the plans
can be drawn very soon and by erecting under your eye. Any little
defects can be remedied.
This plant will mean so much to us. We show our confidence
and am' not afraid of the result - so dont think of the expense, we
will stand it.
I mean to erect the fi large plant -£S'"’a world known mine.
I want to go right to Utah and show them how foolish it is to pay
28 cents per ton freight from Mines to Mills, when your method will
do it right at the Mine, and save $2500. per day, which is now paid to
Railroads.
Dont think I am dreaming, I know these things can be remedied^
from the experiments we have made aS Orange, I know we can revolutionize
milling - so lets build a real plant.
Will you allow us to do it?
I await your reply.
-SS6 Main St„ Oranpre, N.J,
telephone 90, Always Open,
12 BY DS 40 HI
Hew OrleanB la «jan 21-12 ' *
H E Miller
Seoy Thoa A Edison
Orange Hew Jersey .
Statement received yesterday and check for one thousand was mailed
to you if you have opportunity get Mr Edison to write me
) about Building. the practical plant per his letter %sh you could he
here to enjoy Mild weather
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November 18,1911. MINING A N D E N G I N E E R I N.G WORLD '<005
Federal Investigations of OrerTreatment Problems
Feh. 8th, 1912
'°1* W’ "’wsldorf Astoria Hotel,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir!” .
Mi.,I horeulth pi.... «»« Oono.ntr.tlo. Report.
«!„. eight .«.!» 01 Oonoontrotoo, .Ight of
of <**• oro. o onnioting of n.t.rl.1 pin. l/* »•■». l/8
„o.h, .no Pin. 18 nosh* B.f.r. th. ..np». .1
taken , .11 th. nat.ri.l — «*».* *”"* *« 30 *"ft ”* th““E,,‘
ly ipixea. The OonoentratoB or. .11 nerk.0 1 along with
of th. »..h, and th. .Riling. •«« "8". T« Will notlo.
fro. th. report thot the ««°* •* ““»«*'* ‘B' r“E
„ spooking, about ona-fifth of the or. treated. Ml « ho
found that th. lnrg. nat.ri.l pm. 1. - »• ^
conoontrat. noma «.« .0»1 shoot % t of th, total or. handled.
I hove no aoubt thot thio ononnt ou„ h. greatly reanooa. ana 1 o
rain. oorro.ponai.gly i,or.e..d a«.r no »« «»er. th. mine,
llo. in th. preaont 0... I pr^.rr.a to n»k. a oonoentr.te
«,loh nonia include .11 of th. blaok.and. m *> ‘
Ion tain. Tailing. *. I pointed out y..t.r«.y* there i. a P™-
elhllity, howerer, oning to th. nay 1» nhloh tho, or. ha. to be
™.a. of .«U plooos of gold. «° »'»• ^ *°
on. or .ore pl.o« of ««■«•. ■**>« * *W- * “
col. W.T.C.
Feb. 8th, 1912.
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slpe, whioh mould he light ana would he blown over Into the
Sails ; thiB may raise the Tailing value considerably. I am
a little afraid of thiB, because f noticed in Panning that
material, which was supposed to be 30 mesh, was broken up by
tho action of the water, and accounted for the small grains of
black sand found by lir. Kdison in the Tailing^ ^have^ there¬
fore, soaked some 40 mesh Toils in water and twnunwed them.
The material which remained whole is marked "X" and that which
broke up under the action of water is marked "Z". Should "X"
show a much lower value than the other Tails, we shall know
how to handle the ore as a whole.
Tours truly.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
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8.94# 32.96#
She 40 Ke«h Sailings referred to in my letter,
after Bonking in water on* rosoreoning. broke up so that 46# of it
passed through a 40 nosh screen
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
My dear Mr. Edison:- if ■ 4
For nearly two months 1 have been out on our coimu^jr^*
interest in reference to trying to introduce your patentiyi^ |/e
crushing and separation into aotive practice in the preSiougpfceta^K
mining industry, and I am forced to say that X meet with^
deal of disoouragemont , for the reason that those interests
mining machinery are entirely against the ideas as entertained
by yourself, but which I know are the true ideas and those that
must eventually prevail, and that in years to come the mining
world will appreciate that you did more towards simplifying
oonoentration than any man of the last generation.
It is true that so far our joint efforts on the concen¬
tration of sulphide ores has not been perfected to a commercial
point, and Mr. Valentine has informed mo of the results of the
last experiment, which have not proven fully satisfactory, but
I have all along told you that the basis of all of your concen¬
trating practice and the hope of future sucoess lay in the effi¬
ciency of your rolls and pulverizers, where large tonnage can
be obtained; that they are comparatively useless for the average
tonnage of .fifty or one hundred tons a day, but with your screens,
blower devices, dryers, crushers, conveyors and other interesting
features pertaining to oonoentration I believe that by hard work
and capital expenditure, we can get them established in this country
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
convinced that they will work ae efficiently upon hard quartz as
they do upon cement rook and clinker, but I have no way of con¬
vincing the larger mining interests that this is the case, and
the fact that your rolls have never worked on anything of a
precious metal character enables the skeptics, and those who are
adverse to your progressive ideas, to olaim that they will not
work on quartz. Both you and I know that this is not the truth,
and not only will they work on quartz, but they will prevent, to
a large degree, a oertain par cent of sliming.
Now, Mr. Edison, as near as I can learn, you have about
eight years on the rolls, dryers, screens, etc., and after that,
your efforts in this direction will be stolen by everyone today
not willing to credit you with the efficiency of these devices,
so, if we are to make any money out of these inventions of yours
through applying them to the precious metal industry, we have got
to act quioklyj and, therefore, I am willing to undertake to see
that these rolls, and other inventions of yours for crushing de¬
vices, are introduced, and the only" way to introduce them is to
build some large commercial plant in the West and show in practice
their effioienoy. Now, it is not possible to get anyone to put
up this money and it naturally falls to the firm of Henry B.
Clifford & Company to raise the needed funds, which is going to
amount to considerable, and as your interest is not directed to
ore concentration entirely, I would like to undertake this matter,
and if you elect , share with you half and half any of the profits
that may be won through the royalty side, or otherwise, through
the introduction in the West, Mexioo and Oanada and general
South American countries, of the crushers, the rolls, the dryers,
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
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the blowers , the conveyors , the screens, oil devices, and
any other thing that' you may have that is today not earning you a
dollar from a royalty standpoint, as applied to the precious metal
industry, including the efforts that we are now Jointly interested
in at your plant. Therefore, as I say, you oan either go in
with me, and I will do the work and furnish the oapital to intro¬
duce this machinery, opening an office in Denver, Colorado for
that purpose, and give you one-half of whatever royalties we .nay
win through the introduction of this maohinery , and any new
devices that you may patent under the experiments now under way,
or, if you do not want to go in half and half, as stated herein I
will take and give you nopoo a year, or $80,000 for the eight
remaining years that your patents are to run, ■ and I tahe all the
risk and all the gain, and I to introduce your machinery simply
as any merchant would introduce maohinery, without connecting you
with any of the enterprises in which the machinery is involved,
or associating you in any form other than the name Edison crushers
and rolls maybe used in their sale to mining companies, and my
territory to be only in Canada, the United States, and Mexico,
and that I oan only sell such crushers, rolls, blowers, and general
devices to the precious metal industry, and in no manner invade
any other field.
Of course, Mr. Edison, $10,000 is not a great deal to
you, and I would prefer you would go in half and half with me,
because I expect to make more, and on that assumption we are
willing to risk, and we will build the first great plant using
your machinery upon the mines that we are personally interested
in at Idaho Springs, Colorado.
In considering this offer, Just remember that today
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
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you are not drawing one penny from the preoiou3 metal industry
through royalties for the use of your rolls, or concentrating
devices, so that I take a new field and plonBer it as against all
the machinery houses of this country, and. I have to get the as¬
sistance of other capital because this may be a long and hard
fight, but the years are rolling along, months pass rapidly, and
I want to get to work on it. So, will you kindly advise me
as to your views on either dividing with me the royalties for
the introduction of these plants, or the. acceptance of $10,000
a year flat for eight years, as stated herein; and if you accept
either part of the propositions, Henry B. Clifford & Oo. will
enter into a contract, as stated herein. Kindly answer to
the Congress Hotel, Chioago, Illinois.
With high personal regard, I am,
To Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
tian «E«N,p.™»r GRAHAM CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO.
>ECV12 S , GHAMAM CO., A1UZONA
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The Edison Comppny, ,V^
East, Orange, M.J.
Gentlemen
Indirectly we have heard of an invent:
Edison's, which we were given to understand was anliiief^fc
smelter for uso in mining district where water w M unavaila^
7/e are very much interested in this mamor, and if
our information is correct, we would lilce very much to hear
from you with a description of the machine, Ifi possible, and
information as to when it will he placed on the market.
Awaiting your reply with interest, wo are
Respectfully yours.
oy
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Antpam Mn\n# (Hantpattg
541-543 Srtxcl Suttbhuj
Dear Sir:-
. February 14, 1912. -
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Vo are la the mining and mfllSg bueile^ii^Mdxiel.
Our mill is run by the cyanide process, tmAlheLve not iked in the
magazine called "Popular Electricity" therf^thTi cyanide process
was henefitted very much hy the introduction of an eleotrio current
which X think was said to he done in the zinc boxes, which are used
in the cyanide process. I have conferred with Mr. James McLaughlin
of Philadelphia the chief of the Electrical Bureau with whom X
believe you are acquainted, about this process, and I am getting on
from our Manager and mill man in Mexico a detailed statement of his
way of running, for Mr. McLaughlin said that the current used was
not to be too powerful, and that the conditions of the running of
our plant was to be considered so as to calculate what voltage the
current should be that is introduced. If you have any information
to give or have had any experience in this line, I should like to
hear from you.
This article in the magazine stated that instead of
taking 48 hours with the percentage of seven-tenths, that it could
be done by using this electric current in connection with it in
two and one-half hours, and- the percentage redeemed would be nine-
tenths.
Hoping to hear from you, I am
Sincerely yours,
i- President. ^
THE HEART OF THE GOLDEN SAN JUAN
Mr. ThoB. A. Edison,
Orange, Hew Jersey,
Dear Sir;*
Silverton, Colorado, v\'
February 14,1913.
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We desire to write you thisjlptter^
<l_n.<yv^crY^\ci Cov*ci
and to receive an answer from you if convenient. > __
This San Juan District c over s5n area of three thousand square.^
miles of well mineralized territory . There 0xi0!k0‘ her® Pr,9$
Vo &3LtJubSt*' ^^^tSelwei
as many combinations of or|s as arerto bri found in t]
mining regions. Our State Geologist, R.D. George
ment ; —
"Of the Eighty elements known to science the ori^pdies of
the Silverton Area contain at least twenty seven in ^arTous c~m“
binations and associations."
The Sulphide ores are usually concentrated arid the resultant
concentrates are shipped to the smelters. It ijs' Bafe to say that
at least thirty per cent of the metallic values of these
are lost in the process of milling and that a further
sustained in smelting, especially in/zinc smelting. Th:
state- *
loss to our nation of $100,00.0^000 and the lo&g
might constitute the majo^/pp^tion of a
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This District contains all the combinations of ores to be
found in Colorado and therefore, more than likely, in all the
West. It is evident that when the problem is solved for the
San Juan ores that it is solved for the entire West.
We understand that Mr.. Jas. ?I. Reid, the inventor of the
Reid system of smelting electrically,- was formerly connected
with your establishment in some way. If you can take the time
to do so we will consider it a great favor to this District
for you to give us such information as you see fit, as to the
success of the Reid Smelter in. treating ores.
The people of this western country would be greatly pleased
if you would cause the problem of this large District to be inves¬
tigated in ofder to ascertain whether or not you have a solution
for this problem.
Very Respectfully Yours
The Silveiton Commercial-piub.
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(Mines, Superior P. 0., Mont.)
97 Vandergrift Building;
Pittsburgh, Pa. February 37,1913.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, N. J. FEB. '-^8 vl'd
Dear Sir:-
Vie are informed by Mr. H. fl. Clifford that if we will
ship a ton of our milling ore to your at your Orange, N. J. address
you will test the same and make uo a proposition for the erection
of a mill at our property in Montana. Will you please write us
stating if we are correctly informed and that you will pay the freight
on the ore when delivered you by the Railroad Company. Immediately
on the receipt of which we will forward the ore as stated.
Very truly yours,
IS
DAY LETTER
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
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My dear Mr. Edison:-
OnTjff’.angdTij'eb ■ 29. 1912.
Mr. Ballontine infonns me you do not oare to patent
the table and your wishes are the ones I respeot. Thus I
wired you from Detroi^That litt'le table idea will permit a man
with only 10 tons per day to get a oonoentrate. The idea is
ahead of anything we have for fine work, but, of course, if the
water idea wins there will be no need of fine tables.
I have such faith in you that I feel you are going' to
make this thing so simple that we will be able to oonoentrate a
1$ ore, but unless you patent your ideas, how are you and ourselves
going to make anything out of it , for if you. show h simple thing
and it is not proteoted, you khow everybody will use it and never
think a word about the inventor.
We will not be able to buy ore or tie it up for men
will simply put in the results of your brains.
I may appear optimistio to you, but, Mr. Edison, I
appreoiate mining oonditions tod I know you are going to do just
what I wrote you last June you wouid - make it possible to handle
a low grade sulphide, wet or dry, and I know the value of it as 1
am today interested in some of the best mills in Colorado; but I
today oonsider them junk ~ that's why I am anxious for you to
patent this. idea. I am willing to pay all the oost of patent -
jUBt that you oan get what you are entitled to. you know a.
simple thing like controlled water will be stolen in a day.
Mr. Edison. ~ 2 ~
X am en route on a proposition of 30,000,000 tons of
tails. The Anaconda people have a tailing dump containing about
154 copper, a little silver and gold. This product is already
mined and crushed; its better than 1# copper yet to be mined.
Will send $100 in freight of these tails to see what we can do
with them. You know if you perfect that water system we will
pot get those tails as cheaply as we can today; that's why the
prooess troubles me from the patent side.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange,. N. J.
Lessee’s Attention.
Ground Open For Operation in the Colorado
Central and Waldorf Mines
Determining to operate our mining interests in the Georgetown District, we offer
special inducements to those who desire to lease in any of the properties under our control.
We feel that it is to the interest of all mine principals, and those leasing under them,
that a unity of action should prevail, and to a reasonable extent credit extended to those who
desire to venture in old ground, where it is not expected that immediate shipments can be
made. Therefore, as far as our properties, or those operated by the Clifford Exploration
Co., are concerned, we will assist leasers who desire to open ground in the Colorado Central
or Waldorf mines to the following extent:
With ... miners who - agree ,o ho oortarn work, .»<> «***
oontraots. »e wil. make one yea, leases, granting them speeiBed b.oeks of ground,
whleh they are to work in worknum.ike manner upon the Mowing royalties and conditions,
fb In the old works of the
smelter rflfums on all ore 01
Colorado Central the royalty will be twelve percent upon the net
r concentrates up to fifteen dollars per ton. On all ore between
fifteen and twenty dollars, seventeen percent. On all
between twenty and forty dollars
-hve percent, and on all ores over forty and up to Three Hundred Dollars, thirty
, royalty to be figured after cost of transportation, sampler and smelting charges
have been deducted. These
o apply for one year only.
We will put the Marshall tunnel in workable condition, and as fast as possible repair
the main shaft, also open the Ocean Wave tunnel; Leasers to do their own tool sharpening
and tunnel car work, we supplying needed cars, blacksmith outfit and forge coal.
/" We wil1 °Pen accounts with men who desire to open old ground and will extend them
^ credit for all timbers, powder, fuse and tools that they use, and where necessary, credit for
board will be extended, and a little cash for urgent necessities, we will also advance on ore
in transit to smelters. These credits to be extended until shipping ore has been opened and
smelter returns received, whereupon an equitable system of a repayment of the accumulated
accounts can be arranged, deducting the same from the shipments in excess of the regular
royalties, but the full debt will not be taken out until the leaser can afford it; After ore
shipments commence, a certain part of the back debt is to be paid each month, our object
being to give men a chance to speculate in the rich Colorado Central ground by maintaining
them during their dead work, and if they do not win, the amount they owe us will never
be called for, we speculating that they will win, for the Colorado Central has produced
$8,000,000 during a period when $20 ore was worthless.
\^The Waldorf properties being opened recently, and large ore bodies exposed, the royalty
will be twenty-five percent on all ore up to thirty dollars per ton, and thirty percent on all
,rs, thirty
g charges
ale repair
larpening
end them
credit for
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After ore
our object
aintaining
will never
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royalty
ore between thirty dollars and fifty dollars per ton, and a flat royalty of thirty-five percent
on all ore over fifty dollars.
We will extend the same line of credits to men working in the Waldorf that we extend
to the leasers in the Colorado Central, and carry them during the Winter months.
We believe, that with improving conditions, the lower grade ore of Western Clear
Creek can be made commercial, and we further believe that there are many good miners in
Georgetown who would like to risk in such mines if given fair treatment and a helping
hand when deserved. This we wish to do that the principal and the leaser may assist each
other during the period when assistance is needed.
The same terms will apply to our Idaho Springs holdings after 'June 1st, especially the
Silver Age, Franklin, and Crown Point Mines.
HENRY B. CLIFFORD & CO.
THE CLIFFORD EXPLORATION CO.
Idaho Springs, Colorado.
March 28th, 1912.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
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Anaconda, Montana, April 9-V. ,1915!.—
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Hr. Thonus A. Edison,.
Orange, ”ev; Jorsey..
Dear f!ir:~
Hareii C9‘.h
of ore v?ei
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roponso to a talneram from Hr. Clifford .dated Pittsburgh
3 sending you by freight - aoo B/L attached,- 11 kegs
*,s roally tailings from the V'ashoe
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STRAIGHT BILL OF LADING— ORIGINAL— NOT NEGOTIABLE
Hew York, April 10, 1912.
F. AUGUSTUS HE1NZE
Ee: Shipment of Ohio mine
run ore to T. A. Edison,
Orange, H.J.
Mr. H. B. Clifford,
O/o Waldorf-Astoria, City.
My dear Clifford: -
I heg to advise you that I have written to
my Salt Lake offioe to ship immediately upon receipt of letter,
One (1) tqnof mine run ore, all charges eolleot, including
t>ass, *~ts~
<7 O Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
ana will advise you
been made.
Orange, H. J.
when I receive advice that shipment has
Yours very since**!]
EAH/OC
WICKES BROS.,
MACHINISTS
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FOUNDERS BOILERMAKERS
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April 12,1912.
Wickes Bros.
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X never like to bother you about matters, but when I have been
urgihg you to patent this river concentrator it was because I
have become thoroughly disgusted with my own people identified With
the mining industry. I never realized until I joined you how cheap
and small are the engineers and larger operators in the mining .
business. I have always myself been willing to help anyone that
was struggling to do something that was an improvement on some¬
thing that existed, but I have found, since you and I started into
this concentration; business, that the human race can be as small
as is conceivable. I have not teoubled you by telling you
what I have faced in trying to interest people into the belief
that youwould eventually create a new system of concentra¬
tion and thereby benefit the entire world, just as you have done
frequently in other instances, but X am completely disgusted
with the non-progress of people vihom I would suppose would be
willing to make personal sacrifices to assist in the creation of
new idea.
My own friends, who are numbered among the leading
mining people of the United States, have been shown up absolutely
devoid of sentiment or progress. Enclosed is a letter that
speaks eloquently of what my own friends think, for here they
en charge me up with the bags wheh I asked them to send you a
ton of ore, and it has been this throughout the whole thing.
Etfen in the case of Buffalo Bill, I had to pay $26 for ore
and in every case they have sent me the ore charges collect.
If it had been myself or you and some other man was trying to do
something we would have taken off our coats and tried to help him.
I have given up all intention of trying to do anything for them.
I shall say no more of it to them, but you and I will go along
slowly and perfect this concentrator and after it is perfected,
X will make an effort at my own expense to build a real mill
on my own property, and if you patent this concentrator I will
try and make them pay for their laughing remarks about two
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good dreamers on concentration: Edison and Clifford; tut we
are going to win this thing out, and we are going to make a
new map for milling, and perhaps we will make them laugh
the way you have made them laugh before after you have heat
your inventions into popularity. Thus you can appreciate how
thankful I am that you have at last determined to patent that ri¬
ver idea.
X have told Mr. Ballantine a lot of things from a
practical standpoint and I have explained to him that it is nec¬
essary to put the screening system into a separate floor by it¬
self, and further that "it^Lneoessary to bump the screens .
It was my idea of building a separate sluice to wash out frh e
crushed material and partially tsize it before sending to the
screens. We will see how it workB.
With kind regards, I am, aja ever
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How that we commence to see daylight with the
machineless concentrator and its enormous possibilities ap¬
parent, X am going to bring before you the reasons I came to you
and just how I propose to work, that you may be thinking over
the same thing.
Por years I have had in mind the elimination of 75^ of
general smelting, that is, smelting and freighting worthless
silica. The average charge for smelting all ores figures close
on to $7 per ton, but this is not the worst part of it; the miner
is virtually robbed out of a large percentage of his copper and
lead. In other words, in buying a sulphide ore containing 2 f,
copper or $6 for present market value for refined copper, they
only pay for l/2 of and then only at the rate of 7 cents per
pound; on all copper settlements they deduct 1-x/zfo of copper
-2-
for which they pay nothing. Then on lead they pay for nothing
until the contents exceed 5ft' and then only on the excess over 5$.
Thus they kill 100 pounds of lead. How you may he startled at
this, hut I am enclosing you the ore sheet of the so-called
smelter trust, put out in ay own distriot, to show you this out¬
rage does exist. Please return this sheet to me.
Then if the ore contains more silica they feel it should,
they charge 10 cents per unit, as a penalty on silica over the
flat rate of smelting, which in our district is $5 per ton. How
you see where the miner is. He is stung for l-l/2 of copper,
5 <f0 lead and 12# of zinc besides this great smelting charge with
the silica penalties added. Then if his ore is excessive in zinc
he is penalized still more. This is the reason so many little
mines are closed down.
I have two of the best concentrating mills in Colorado,
hut the actual cost of treating is 90 cents per ton; then we
losfi 30 % in the tails, for the reason that the water carries off
the 200 mesh material and we do not crush fine enough up to
70 mesh. Our concentrates pay an average of $4 per ton for
smelting, $1 per ton freight; they deduct $100 an ounce from
their gold contents and 5^ of the silver, in addition to the
l-l/2^ of copper, 5 % of lead and 12^ of zinc.
v i realized \hat we must get rid of the freight M~
silica sulphur and water and the smelting charges on silica,
and get for ourselves that l-l/^copper and 5# lead, doing
away with the flat smelter charge, and X am going to do it with
your aid, and that is why I want you to study ny plans.
With your machineless concentrator we will eliminate
90 % of all silica at the small cost which you and I know. Now
the freight item i s gone and we save two thirds of the present
30* loss in our present mills, for the reason that nothing is
washed down the creek. We have now concentrated hy your idea
up to 250 mesh. So our next problem i s to Wat the deductions
of copperhead and that $1 per ounce gold, and we cam do it
and here's the way:
As we concentrate we keep eabh size hy itself. We
make an unclean concentrate in the machineless concentrator,
then we move the concentrates off to a separate sluice and there
clean them down to 10* silica-cost practically nothing-we
keep the sizes to themselves yet. If we have a complex ore of
iron, copper, lead and zinc, we separate the metals. If we
can, without fusing the lead or volatizing the zinc, we make
the iron and copper megnetic. them out . Then reconcentrate
the residue lead and zinc, and the zinc will go out, I believe
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juet as the tails go out from the crude ore, leaving the lead.
These two metals will he shipped to smelters, and hy bringing
the lead contents to 40^ we get paid fqr 111 Wel1 38
^^h£in^Tentrate;i We^ilT now have 60^ of the total
weight of the concentrate in the iron and copper sulphides,
These we put in a self-roaster and at a cost of 16 cents per
ton of 2,000 lbs. we roast out the sulphur and put the entire
mass down into an oxide; this oxide we throw out on a draining
patio and hy charging water over it we drive out, hy this
natural leaching, the copper. I can do this while you have
been on the cnnoentrating end of this problem. I have had skill¬
ful men in the city of Philadelphia working on this and its a__
go4 and just as simple as your concentrator. I entered into this
with a determination to win and we are going to win and save
that l-l/2 copper.
After we leach out the copper, then we leave the
residue containing gold and silver in a physically fine condi¬
tion for cyaniding and hy running the roasted material through
the crushers we break up any porous lumps and then all goes to
the cyanide and at a cost of 95 cents per ton we get 96^ of
the gold and 90/ of the silver. I have tried this also and it
can he done.
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I now see daylight for the low grade ords of the
west, and further the maohineless concentrator will heat all
magnetic separators and its possible to make commercial large
bodies of even 15$ iron ore, for by the new idea we wash out
all aSitSPand alumina, and I predict that every dollar you lost
at Edison and Dunderberg will be won back. Just study over
this and watch that water sizer. We are going to even save
60$ of the present wear and tear on the Edison screen, as small
as the wear is. Get the papers on to Washington as soon as you
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
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♦Car LoaflB (18 '.Pons) SiliceouB and Copper OroB.
Cold §13 -no per. OR. up to 8 ORB.
019.50 " " ovor 8 Ozb.
Silver- 95% of New York Quotation day of annoy.
Copper- 1. 50 off wot aBBay.
IP Up to 6%$dry) 7/ off K.Y. price.
Over 5 to 10% (dry) 6/ off N.Y. prioo.
" 10% (dry) 6/ off K.Y. prioo.
f'.ino-, 10%[ limit. ^gnalty^BO/^for^onok^over 10.
Smelt or Charges. 65% Bilioa.
Up to §14.oo (GroBB Value)-- §4.oo
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80. oo
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Silver 96% of N. Y. Quotation.
Copper name as in ores. .
Kino limit 5%. 30/ penalty for eaoh % over 6.
Silioa limit 10%. 10/ ponalty for eaoh % over 10 ._
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***Under Car Loads Lots.***
Sampling and Freight. Oro.
i One ton and under- $S.oo aampling, Freight $8.00 por ton.
* One ton to three tona- 'Sampling and freight $4. 00. £or .Ij??! *,»
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Concentrates.
Sampling and Freight.
Under two tona- Sampling &L.00. Freight|l.5° and $8.oo por ton.
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SCHEDULE.
For Lead ores and ConoontratoB ( Clear Crook and Gilpin Countien )
All Rat ob F. 0. B. Curs Denver.
Bead Or ob.
Gpld- $19.50 per Ok. if 5/100 On. of ovor.por to«.
- Silver- 950 of. Row York quotation, date of aaBOy.
Load- PrioeB.bue^a on 54.oo. • .
Kino- XiBlt,10?»'. 5p^ penally fftr exoeBB. . ^
Oopper- 1.50 off wet. When oro“«BsayB over S?j wot 7 off west-
orn Union quotation.
Lead Sohednle- Conoentraten.
Gold- §19.oo p.or Ok. if 5/IPOok. ,>r over per ton.
' Silver? ond^Goppor"'B«ae 'Hof.fn’ •nsnrt'()reBV -
Load- Price "based on 54.00V . _ ,
Silioa- Limit 100 , Penalty .10/ on each por-oont in exoesa of log.
Kino A 50. " 30/ " " . . " 50*
5 to 100 Load Inol.— -40^.per unit - §3.75
Over 10 "16 " " 43 " " .
15
20
45
47
- 2.50
-2.25
... - — - — - —2.25
Upon ConoontratoB assaying ovor 300 lead apply "neutral or Flat "
aobedule whloh ever figures the bettor for the shipper. Gold v19.0(
por ounoo.
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LEAK QUOTATIONS.
, "i«ad in all oroo and oonoentrete8
§ The prices per -Oo per htaareil pounae. one oent
- as i jjaffiJK-JRAKa?-
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80BKWU FOB ZINC? CRUDB SULPHIDE ORES OR JIO KIOTLIKC.S,
For table middlings reduoe the prioe 50$ per ton.
Base
F.O.B. Denver, Colo.
$10.oo nor ton.
♦Unit variation for *Harket valuation
*l£ or 1 ,0z. change *for $l,oo change
tun or down from baee*un or dovm from baBo
$6.oo Spelter St. Louie.?
$4.50 Lena N.York. *
Zino 20$ *
L'et Lead 5% „
Silver .£00 j* lfi Obs.
Gold .150b, *
Silica j5$
64$ por unit *
22 $ " *
40$ " Ounoo
$10/oo per ounce
10$ penalty for excess
10$ per uniti
8$ per unit.
Usual Sampling chargee to apply.
This prioe to apply to 25$ Sine ana undor.
7.XKC SCHEDULE.
All ratoB F.O.B. Denver. Sub.leot to change wigHut notloe.
$16.50 per ton for ore containing 40$ Bine, whori epoltor i
quoted at $6.oo St. Louie.
$l.oo per unit for Kino up or down from 40$,
25$ per ton for each 6$ variation in the Quotation.
ipTijn price ™gardleee of the Gold. Silver and Load gohtenta.
§16.50 per ton for ore assaying 5/100 Ob. Oold.lOOBS, Silver,
6$ Lead and 40$ Zino when Bpelter is quoted at $5.oo St,, LouiB.
Variation up or down- fiR°La$19^oo per Ob,
Zino A " Ul>"t and 25$ per ton for
each 5$ variation in the Quotation. - - - - - - —
Both of these prices to apply to ore oonteining not leee than
34$ Zino or more then 2$ lime.
on less than Car Lota (16 tone)
$l.oo leas
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Hrro llnrk ffijjmmt Slumut. '
45 BROADt
I'm sixty five years old to-day
And that is why I laugh,
And fling to you " ’ - 1
With love and ,
rri 3.
ju. y '■.(Cr-cW ’
orange, n. cj . -- ), ~K. '{£+** — <<.
My dejW3trbef6ra°Tou s tsrteTfor'Vorida X had an interview! witt i Mr.]
Dyer and ‘was to meet you pnly you\were going away so soon and did
not have time. Since then Mr. Plimpton haB purchased1 one of my^scf
arlos, ,a western story and I am to have a meeting with ,hira in the
near future;?’ ’ X wrote him I would he very glad to give an hour
of my own speoial wo ik at which you and Mr. ’Dyer and some of your
“ friends would he present. ,
In today’s American, ,1 have read of your wonderful method
of separating paying elements in ore. Now Mr. Edison, and I want
you to take this seriously, I have expended over 540,000 in a hig
low grade copper proposition. I am a practical, mi J®r and have de¬
voted my., life.. to the frontier and to mining, and I believe that 1
have the "greatest proposition on earth today owired hy one man.
My Company is organized and I practically control the entire
stock, confidently, an* I would like very much to have you
send an expert wimn me to examine this property and report to
you quietly for if it was known I had capital behind me near¬
ly all the claims I was compelled to abandoned, and most of which
I can relocate, would be simply relocated. If your expert
reports favorably to you oh this proposition, I will gladly turn
over to you'<ahd your agents or whoever you want to interest, the con¬
trolling interest in this great property without any consideration
more than sufficient money to pay up a few debts. In the mean
time if you can make it possible to listen to my entertain¬
ment, I am very sure you will be delighted with it.
I have just returned from the Canal zone, having been re¬
commended as an entertainer by ool. Goethals and have made a great1,
success over there. I have splendid bookings for the summer at
most of the big .Chautauquas and I believe that I would be a valuable
acquisition to your numerous interests in as much as I am the only
real, genuine ex-chief of Scouts, U. s. A. and believe I can re¬
produce more effectually many of the- battle^ scenes in which I
have participated, as well as a reproduction of the Custer Massacre
than any other man living. I only mention this incident ially.
Besides I have more material that will be valuable
in records after I have past away
Trusting you will pardon me for en¬
croaching upon your valuable time and that you will
so arrange that I can meet you, and talk with you,
if only for a little time, believe me,
Sinoerely yours,
ports in the public prints to the effect that you have discovered a ne w
process in connection with the extraction of metal from ores, yielding
a much higher percentage of recovery at a lower cost.
Would it be possible for you to give me some information about
your process; as to what class of ores it applies, how great the increa¬
sed recovery is and what the saving in costs amounts to,Stc.?
I am especially interested to know whether 'your proces's applies
to the "refractory" ores from the Morning mine of the Federal Mining &
Smelling group, as my Federal friends tell me that you have been ex¬
perimenting with a oouple of carloads of this ore for some time.
I trust you will not consider this letter an unwarranted tax upon
your time and good nature. Thanking you in advance for the favor o± a
reply, I am, with most cordial regards,
Mr Thomas A. Edison
South Orange, N.J.
9 May 1913.
MIATEMAIA MINING m DHELOPMENT COMPANY
Guatemala ‘“ay
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange , N . J .
Dear Mr. Edison:
I notice in the Hew York newspapers, with rnch grntifi-
,.tio», that you have clved the pr.ble. of ■*<*»*« the ~1»- »-
rebellious ore. at a n.»i«»l cost. 1 ■*”°“S»r hop. “4 °**
thi. ....paper Toport 1. founded "« '»■>*■ — *“1W
ao..»pli.h.d thi. wonderful thing. If .0. I heller, that it will »«»
that great a. poor other acoonplieltent. hare been. thi. on. will or-
er- shadow them.
If agreeable, please advise me when the public, or
rather the .mere and ore producer, will have an opportunity to avail
themselves of the benefit of your discovery.
We are up against a hard game in this country with low
grade refractory ores. They exist in enormous quantities but they are
very rebellious and it is difficult to recover the precious metals
from them.
Congratulating you upon the wonderful thing you have
accomplished , and hoping .= ho favored with a reply to .y gue.ti.n,
I remain
Very respectfully yours,
you during that period for test purposes.
Che party referred to is thoroughly conversant with Colorado Ores and
particularly the Leadville District and can secure long leases of properties that
have been idle for years, that carry silver, lead, zinc and some gold values, high
silicate oreB- on a royalty, basis of 5 ^ and upwards, based on 'value of the. ore.
lie has associated with him an Expert ..Manager of Mines in Mexico, leadville, Ne¬
vada and California , and they are willing to introduce the process without any
expense to you and on terms to be mutually agreed upon , either royalty or com¬
mission basis.
If you have not already disposed of the exclusive territory of
what id known as the Hooky Mountain Region and Mexico, I believe it would be to
your interest to consider these parties, in which I would join as an associate.
Kindly let me hear from you that I may advise them and if I can
nish you any additional information will do so promptly.
MINING INDUSTRY S
New Treatment of Low-Grade Aj
Ot os Will Ad’i $100,000,000
to Value of Country’s Annual *
Melal Production. ' v
•ycnrs o£ study on tho questlou of tli
concentration and n totnl expenditure of ll(1
non rly- $5.000, OOOj at Ifist has mastered n ^
system for ImttdllriK low jrpndo rebelllou8t hi
Ion cpst'amn 5,000-ton ptnutwlli o
fxcecd ; one-tenth of. tho- present 1 1*
>f erecting modern coifccntrators.
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ly/m
Bear Mr. Edison:
Referring to that matter you spoke to me about, if
you have any letter that makes a positive statement of fact I would
like to have it. 1 have been trying for years to trace the source
of those remarks, and whenever X get any where near X am always met,
hy the excuses of - "I heard it" - "I do not know it myself but a
friend of mine told me", thuB have never been able to tie up state¬
ments of fact. It is generally some gossip.
Ever since I wrote "Rooks in the Road to Fortune", whicl
X did at the request of some of the most influential people of the
West, telling the plain truth about eastern mine share swindlers,
and which book is in the hands of nearly every Post Offioe Inspeoto
in the United States, I have been abused in an underhand way by the
eastern promoter whose business it is to swindle by share Belling,
and thus bringing disoredit to the mining industry, bringing grief
' _ May 24th 2 .
and want to thousands of homes and causing millions of loss. All
vMr. Edison.
(2)
5/24/1912.
of these attaoks on me oomes from eastern people; the western people
understand me, and it is claimed that I have been instrumental in
saving many millions of dollars.
I never was a suooessful promoter or a share seller. Any
man who makes a plain statement about the facts of mining stands no
ohanoe along side of the extravigant statements of the eastern share
pusher. If X had all the money that X am credited with having made
out of mining, through selling shares and mines, I would be worth
about fifty millions of dollars, when the truth is that I am compara¬
tively a poor man; property poor. X have been a miner all my life;
have made a few little mistakes, but I have had the courage to acknow¬
ledge them, and when I Baw I had no ohanoe to win, would quit and
never throw good money after bad. But in all my oareer of thirty-
five years, I have never oaused a loss of more than a total of One
Hundred Thousand Hollars, and this was lost in about fifteen differ¬
ent undertakings, hoping to Buooeeed in a fight against nature. X
have never put a man's dollar in my pooket, having always put it under
ground, and have really done a little good in my time. Have been
voted the freedom of a western city for what they consider public
servioeB. I have never been in favor of stock selling and have had
the oourage to express my belief on that point. You are aware that
men who seek an easy living at the expense of those who have oonfi-
denoe in them, do not work physically as you and I do, and they are
never sympathetic with our labors.
If you win in this great effort of giving the worl^a new
Mr. Edison.
(B)
concentrating device, there are none thalfwill ever tha^k me for the
little part X have played in it, having committed the unpardonable
crime in the eyes of the speculator in the east, by telling the public
the fact that 99 per cent of the stock speculations of the east was
mere gambling, and not mining.
As far as my selling lots of holes in Mexico to the people,
thats about as near the truth as these reports ever get. I built a
Stamp Mill in Guanajuato in 1884 and pioneered the way for American
progress there; have never been in Mexioo but two days since that
time. X took an option on two copper mines and sold those options
for §20,000. and paid the money to the owners of the property. Have
never owned a mine in Mexioo.
Hereafter when anybody says anything about me on the lines
you referred to, ask them to put it in writing and to state some fact
that they know to be a faot, and that would be aocepted in a court
and not the repeating of some scandal and gossip that no man oan run
to its soouroe.
Here you and I are trying to do something and we are
honestly making an effort to accomplish it, and I took the risk of
displeasing you by foroing my attentions a nd objeots upon you, and all
we are getting to-day is criticism. There is not one of them that
would let me have one dollar towards perfecting this great divioe.
There is not one of them that has the manly courage to admit that any
body can try to do a good deed. As I said to you, just treat me as
you find me , that is all I ask of any man; I oannot fight slander
“7th, 1912.
Proud fo ot 'b commercial Agency,
Singer Building,
hew fork City.
uentlemen:e
1 enclose copy of a letter
written to me by Mr. Henry B. Clifford, as to whom
you made a report for me.
' xt seems to me tli&t it might he
desirable to make some "further inquiries, about him,
so that you can give me more specific data. I must
say that he has not Impressed mo as being a faker.
. four? very truly.
JSM.
Ene.
Fxoudloot’a Ooaamoroial Ageao y
SINGER BUILDING
Hy Dear Hr- Edison;- L' vlLfc
Your favor of yesterday 1b at hanff^ and in reply) ^
■beg to remind you that X did not make a report on Hen*^J> j
Clifford , hut noticing an item in the "Journal” of
1912 in Which he was mentioned in. connection with you, I (.
called your attention to the fact that if the H. B. Clifford /
mentioned in that clipping was the H. B. or Henry B. Clifford
Who had an office at 10 Wall St, that I know him to he a fakir.
At your request X am therefore learning whether or not he is
the same man, and would ask that you kindly give me the ad¬
dress of the Henry B. Clifford that you know. A copy of the
letter which he writes sounds like the Clifford I know.'
Awaiting your further commands, X remain,
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c eminent Inventor,
Ct-s <i
Montpellier, 4 Jflns^ ^
f May last, the "Petit Mepiijlorfal , W paper J
r, Edioon,
On the 21ot o
published in our southern distriot of France, published tho following now
Edison is said to have succeeded in perfecting a method for tho separation of
the valuable part 'of minerals from the mass', in a very economical manner. In this way
tho mineral, productions of our country would gain bo me 500 .millions of Franos}
For .some time past, I have been entrusted with the sole of on iron mine,
which, according to the iplnion of very competent engineers, is capable of supplying
frofii the only available portion thereof under the open sky a minimum of ten million tons
of mineral. It is very probable that 20 additional millions might be found under the
mountain, by which it is' covered, so that there would be a fund of some thirty thousand '
tons possibly, available.
It could be connected by a side railroad of a few kilometres, with the main
branch thereof. This would bo of considerable importance, therefore, if the mineral so.
far had not been rendered unavailable for exploitation, on account of an
inherent defect. They complain that it has too much or too little phosphorus. It is ,
in the first- case, too great for the ordinary process of elimination now known ,
which involves groat labor, to be available. It would not be sufficient in quantity, how¬
ever, for the phosphorus that has boen cleaned out to be available in a profitable way
for the purposes of agriculture, so as cover expenses. You can therefore easily
understand, Sir, what the value of an invention such as is attributed to you would bo,
in* thiB instance.
So as to make clearer to you the reaults that might be obtained by the
application of your process in this instance, I give the composition of the mineral
in question, nebcin a to analysis of an capable French engineer. (
■■ , : ' ‘ \ ; Analysis. ■ ■ . v ' '■ t
Silica 17.5
[TRANSLATION]
peroxide of iron 68.65
sulphuric acid, 0.05
phosphoric acid, 1.32
loos in fire 10.38
ioo
2
Iron metal, 48.2
• Sulphur , 0.2
’Phosphorus, 0,578,
Please kindly let me know the oost of treating matter of this kind hy your
process, including, of course, the royalty that would be yours, as inventor.
Awaiting the honor of a reply, etc,
Jean Allegre,
2 Hue Doric
Montpellier, Prance,
FroudfooVs Oommosroial Ageacy
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
Orange, N. J.
W
v
June 19 /is-
Dear Sir;- '
With reference to your former inquiry on Henry B. Clifford , w^ beg
to state that the Henry B. Clifford who wrote you (copy of which letter you
sent to us) is the same Clifford we knew, formerly located at 10 Wall St.
We have had some difficulty in identifying him for sure, but have now done
so, and are at working getting up a report on him in as near chronological
form as possible.' This will reach you in a few days.
In the matter of the enclosed literature on the Guardians of
liberty, upon which we herewith hand you a report, if you have no particular
desire to keep said literature, will you kindly Bend it to v
Thanking you, we remain,
Yours truly,
PROUDFOOT 1 S COMMERCIAL AGENCY.
i for our records?
My Dear Mr. Edisons
I have received, a letter and telegram from
Mr. Salient ine informing me that the expansion idea is working
very well and that he has succeeded in concentrating all sizes
of Utah Copper down to 200 mesh. This is indeed gratifying and
bears out what you have always asserted that you would make a
high recovery on these ores at low cost,
I now recall a t-elegram you sent me to this city
before you left for England last year, where im you stated that
when, you returned you would take up the problem personally and
would do more with it in thirty days than any other could perhaps
do in a year and you asked me to send you 1000 pounds of the
lowest grade copper ore. The Utah Copper is about as low asgrade
of ore as we have in the world today and the fact that Ballentine
under your direction, has been able to concentrate this metal
from a 200 mesh material is indeed one of the most remarkable
steps yet made in the art of concentrating.
' The Utah Copper ores contain a very fine mineral
crystal, in fact we find a larger percent of those mineral
crystals in the 200 mesh material than in the 100 mesh and
as the Utah Copper people made every effort fed liberate their
mineral at 80 mesh fine, you can appreciate where the tremendous
loss of 30 to 35 % occurs. The whole problem is to save the
mineral in the finer meshes.
T.A.E.- -2-
Tha six great phorphry copper companies average a loss
of about 31^ and they claim that within twelve months they will-
be treating close on to 50,000 tons per day. I figure that the
total loss on such a tonnage will exceed $30,000,000 per annum,
you can now appreciate that I wasn’t such an optimist as you
have laughingly termed me frequently when I said that a more
perfect system of concentration applied to the copper industry
as well as gold, silver and lead branches would result in a
saving to this country of over one hundred million dollars
per year.
I have just received a letter from ex-U. S. Senator
Ohas. Dick, of Ohi.o, and he told me in Hew York he wanted to
come out and see your wife, as you are perhaps aware her ho?ie
was adjoining his for a number of yeara,
I have been very sick since I saw you, but. am hoping,
to be on my feet soon.'
With kind regards, I am
Your friend,
cuO •
<2
,..n „.-nJnvTW'i GBOF^-
Hon. Thomas A. Edison, t
Oranga, H. J.
My Bear Mr. Edison;- ^ j3
I regret the delay in i
fall a report as I might, before this, hut* m,
for not having done so is, that I was attempting
tarn out a chronological report concerning S' .
Clifford. This I cannot do for the reason thaV
sequence of hia: .activities are best known to hinj
however, the report herewith enclosed is pretty
and is, without auestion, sufficient to show 3
manner of man Henry B. Clifford is.
Yours very truly
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T‘l”«OM" ° Proud! oot’s Conamaroial Agosaoy
NEW YORK CITY july 9/12>
Bon. Thomas; A. Edison,
Orange, H. J.
Bear Sir;- ' STRICTLY COHFIBEHTIAL.
In reply to your inquiry about Henry B. Clifford, at present Wal¬
dorf-Astoria, we beg to state that our records Bhow his name as far back as Mar.
1889 when he lived at 110 W. 40th St. At that time he had an office in the
Wall St. district, and as near a s can be ascertained was "a Wall St. operator",
and was probably more or less unsuccessful, evidenced by the feot of several
judgments: Bov. 2, 1891, $1574 in favor of Rub sell Sage
Mar. 29, 1892,$ 535.91 in favor of Russell Sage
Sept. 20, 1892, §1484.66 in favor of Springer Lithograph Co.
In' Feb. 1899 we find him. given as president of Federal Investment
Co. at 956 B'way. Just how close Clifford's relations were with the notorious
fugitive from Justioe, Br. Richard C. Flower, must be left to a deduction from
certain faotB which run about as follows:
Apr. 7, 1899 Arizona Eastern & Montana Smelting Ore Purchasing & Be-
velopment Co. was incorporated under the lawB of West Virginia with an au¬
thorized capital stock. of §2,500,000. ( Inc orporators shown in the records
were Henry B. Clifford, Warren Hussey, C. Milton Roblee, Edward J. Jordan
and Clayton W. Holt). At that time (Apr. 7, 1899) Henry B. Clifford and his
wife Maude M. Clifford were running a stock jobbing Arizona corporation named
Henry B. Clifford & Co, 10 Wall St. Maude M. had a mortgage on the Arizona
Eastern property, and Henry B. Clifford & Co. was the fiscal agent for the
sale of stock. The notorious Br. Flower .took quarters in Clifford's office,
and in the Bpring of 1899 organized R. C. Flower & Co. which took over the
fiscal agency and removed to 33 Wall St. R. C. Flower & Co; was composed of
Br. Flower and Benjamin F. Small. We will not belabor you with the details
of the Flower fiasoo, and it will suffice to say that the Arizona Eastern &
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Montana Smelting Ore purchasing & Development Co. , which was hatched in
Clifford's office, was one of Dr. Blower's most malodorous fakes. Beginning
in Deo. 1899, five monthly dividends of Z% each were paid out of the proceeds
of stock. The Company had not a good title to the property, and in the final
issue Maude M. Clifford turned up as owner of the property which was the basis
of the Blower fake.
lone Pine Mining Co. was incorporated under the laws of West Vir¬
ginia Sept. 13, 1900 With an authorized capital stock of §2,000,000. This
was another one of Dr. Blower’s propositions, notwithstanding the fact that
Mar. 26, 1901 the lone Pine Co. acquired from the above Maude M. Clifford
all her right,’ title and interest in and to the mining diaims known as the
lone Pine. The Capital and the Admiral (which had been .held by Arizona
Eastern) for notes for §35,000 secured by a purchase money mortgage on the
mining claims involved, §10,000 of which purchase price was arranged to he
paid to John. S "Manfull , a brother-in-law of Dr. Flower. "There is a hiatus"
the lone Pine receivers state in their report, "in the minutes and the records
’ of the Company from this point - Wo records of the Company are at hand covering
the period between Mar. 26, 1901 and Deo. 21, 1901."
May 18, 1903 in Brooklyn a suit was brought by stockholders of the
Arizona Eastern & Montana Smelting Ore Purchasing & Development Co, Henry B.
Clifford and Maude M. Clifford together with Dr. Richard C. Flower, Andrew D.
Meloy, Charles A. Douglas ^and others together with certain corporations were
parties defendant. '• In this suit it was charged that Meloy, Douglas*, Mellor
and Hall had a falling out with Dr. Flower, and Clifford assumed to act for
the majority of the Arizona Eastern stockholders. "It is alleged that they
received this money but never paid to the stockholders or made any accounting."
It is definite and certain that the great herd of stockholders of the Arizona
Eastern & Montana smelting Ore Purchasing & Development Co. got nothing, al¬
though Maude M. Clifford got back her property.
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• 3. ■ ■
It seems that Henry B. Clifford Bought a seat on the H. Y. Consoli¬
dated a took Exchange in 1900, at a time when no investigation was made of ap-
. plioants. At his office, 10 Wall St, he was supposed to have maintained a
wire system, hut so far aB we know, he only had a wire to Boston which ran
into .the office of Frederick R. Tibbitts, a bucket shop man who in March, 1906
was mentioned in the bucket shop expose by the "Boston Traveler. " While Clif¬
ford was in business at 10 Wall St, he alBO maintained a branch office in the
St. James Bldg, 1133 B'way, and harbored therein a notorious bucket shop woman
named Mrs. Marian latouche who was arrested out of Clifford's office in the
St. James Bldg, for an alleged swindle. She was said to be"Manager for the up¬
town branch of H. B. Clifford & Co, 10 Wall St.". About 19.04 Clifford seems to
have bobbed up in Chioago, Ill. whore'. he operated what was called Clifford's
Gaiety Theatre, 126 Washington St. This place was a burlesque house and drink¬
ing resort of a rather oh jeotionable type. It failed* however, but we do not
understand that Clifford was the great financial sufferer, but that Charles C.
Counselman of the Chioago Board of Trade and of the firm of Counselman & Day,
footed a substantial loss through his dealings with Clifford. There are nu¬
merous stories told about Clifford's contemptible meanness in getting away
with certain paraphernalia at the theatre. When Charles C. Counselman died
there was a considerable note in the possession of the estate which Clifford
had given, but sometime after having given it, he went through bankruptcy,
and not only absolved himBelf from the Counselman debt but many others. We
have not been able to find where thiB bankruptcy proceeding was held. We are ;
sure, however, when we do find these bankruptcy reoordB that many interesting
stories may be unfolded. Clifford, so far as we know, has always been active,
more or less, in the mining stock selling game and has put out, perhaps, •
stockB that we do not know anything about, but we do know of some aside from
those already mentioned: Great Beloher Bullwhaoker Gold & Copper Co.
Great Beloher Gold Mine Co. j
Great Belcher of Arizona Co.
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We have never learned that the stockholders of any of these com¬
panies oame to anything except grief so far as their investment in Clifford's
proposition was concerned. We understand, however, that most of the above
mentioned stock selling schemes were founded on some old properties which
were owned by Maude M. Clifford. Clifford. has varied his game some, at least
in name .
Henry B. Clifford &. Co. has been a copartnership between himself
and Maude M. and has appeared at various times in the copartnership directory
as Henry B. Clifford & Co, Inc. In timeB gone by, when we have interviewed
him or some one in his office, information would be given out about Henry B.
Clifford & Co. as a corporation, at another time as a copartnership, and it
was rather difficult to tell/whom you were doing business.
In 1907 H. B. Clifford & Co, 10 Wall St, was making a feature of
Gem Consolidated Mines & Mills, and Colorado Mills Smelting & Power Co. In
1909 Henry B. Clifford & Co. had an office at 1271 B'way. An effort was being
made to sell stock of the V. S. Milling Co, which, so far as we can learn,
claimed property holding's (how we know not) in the Montezuma, Summit County,
Colo;. McCabe, Aria; Providence, Yavapai County, Aria, and at Copper Creek,
Yavapai County, Aria. As near as we can guess, some of the properties men¬
tioned are some of the properties that Maude M. Clifford owned. She U. S.
Milling Co. was said to have mines and mills at Idaho Springs, Colo.
In 1904 Clifford olaimed to be a member of the JJ. Y. Consolidated
Stock Exchange, and the Denver, Salt lake and Dos Angeles Stock Exchanges.
We understand that Clifford now has a brand new thing which he is calling
Clifford Exploration Co. Where it has an office, or what it is, we have been
"unable to learn.
lately a financial paper, commenting on Clifford and his "Hocks In
- • 'The '-Road lit 6 ^Fortune "s Ays thos e : who have, followed Clifford in his various
mining promotions: and who have been favored with his contributions to' the
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literature of mining development, will' appreciate more than the general
public that they have had more than their share of rooks in the way to for¬
tune, and a great many of the rocks were rolled into the path by Clifford him¬
self. While we do not know what kind of a proposition Clifford has put up to
you, we would be pleased to learn the character of it, bo that we might, in a
sense, complete our records.
Yours truly,
EROU.DFOOT ' S COMMERCIAL ASEHUY.
July 13th, 1912
Mr. louis A. Prouafoot,
Singer Builaing,
Hew York City.
bear Hr. Pr ou afoot
your favor of the 9th Instant, with report
on Henry B. Cliff or a la received, ana I heg to thank you
for going into the subject so fully.
X an aoing none exper imenting for Cliffora
on a prooeas for working very low graae oreB. He pays hie
bills promptly every week. later on I nay get to the point
where I have Bone contract relations with hin, but as I an
forewarnea by you I will look out for myself carefully.
Yours very truly.
pae/es
17,Bouverie Street,
July 16/l2
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lice in the papers thiB a mb interview
I notice in the papers thiB affle interviews with you
with regard to advantageous ways of spending the money, of which you
have had such an excess since I had the pleasure of seeing you.
You will excuse me saying that I think perhaps one way
would he to compensate some of those who lost money - a very great
deal to them - through having had confidence injyour counsel and
guidance in the matter of the Dunderland Company. X called your
attention to my circusstancss in relation to this matter before, and
repeated the conversation that took place at Orange with you, when
you told me 'not to part with my shares unless I happened to he under
chloroform/' I naturally attached more than the usual significance
to this advice, and instead of parting, purchased a great deal more,
with the result that I lost a vast number of thousands of pounds.
I do not blame you for what happened to the Company,
nor for anything else, but X think if there is a question of
conscience, this ought to enter into the consideration of it.
I make no claim whatever upon you and would never think
of doing such a thing, but I am quite sure you feel that instead of
shedding money where it woULd be ungratefully received, it would be
just as well to find out what are the conscientious considerations
which should come into calculation. Nobody could be more pleased than
X am to know that you have realised so much and it is not more than
you deserve, and I hope you will understand my motivs iri writing.
j. R. GLEED & CO.
HO NASSAU STREET
NI5W YORK
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Edison labratory^
Orange , N. X.
Dear Sirs-
Your favor of the 22nd received,
to note that you will keep my address and will advise
me when the electric process of treating low grade
ores is in commercial shape.
Kindly advise me if you have an electric
process to smelt tin ores, showing at least 1% metallic
tin. The same ore, carry gold and silver values and I
am anxious to get an electric process to smelt the same.
If you have no such process, kindly give me
the names of reliable concerns that do handle electric
process of treating ore.
Appreciating your prompt attention to this
matter, X am
Yours truly,
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 50S PEARL STREET. NEW YORK
• Sept. 3, 1912. fV
Henry B. Clifford, Esq.,
Waldorf Astoria,
New York,
N. Y.
My. dear' Mr. ‘Clifford’;'
Replying to your fetter of Sept. 2, I regret to
hear of your illness and that of Mrs. Clifford. I hope
that she will improve rapidly and will soon, regain her
good health.
If it be convenient to you, it will «fford me
pleasure to go out to Mr. Edison’s with you on Tuesday
Sept. 10, but {if inoonvenient, a later Tuesday or
Thursday may do as well.
If you desire to make an appointment for next
Tuesday, I shall begladif you will_ toppjne a line i _or_
will notify my office by telephone.
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HbM l^fcfesf
, poR'rv- Second Street at Broadway
M*sw^®fe 0ct-1'1912 ‘ w
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, II, J.
Dear Sir:-
■ X have oooasion to write for information. A gen¬
tleman with whom X have been personally acquainted for a number
of years and fom whom I hold the highest regard for his ability
as a miner and general integrity —'Mr. Henry B. Clifford. Mr.
Clifford has asked me -to join him in the, construction of a new
form of concentrator upon lines as worked out in your laboratory.
While X have a knowledge of Mr. Clifford's ability as a miner
and a mill man and have had such faith in his honesty that I
have trusted him with large sums of money; yet his statements to
me regarding this concentrator are so much at varianoe with any¬
thing I have ever heard and as the matter may grow into some pro¬
portions and I be forced to associate other of my friends, I am
constrained to ask you if, in general, what Mr. Clifford says,
are the facts; and that you may understand just what he has told
me, I here cite the essence of his conversation.
Mr. Clifford states that proper crushing is the base
of all successful concentration; that the mineral crystals may
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not tie finished any more than is absolutely necessary. He
tells me that you have invented a roll that is far ahead -of
any fine- grinding roll in the world to-day; that he has been
making a study of these rolls for the past eighteen months and
that he is' convinced that through them, a new and better system
of concentration is to result; that your rolls are of enormous
capacity, both as rock breakers and fine-grinders; that they
have never been introduced into the precious metal industry
for the reason that very few mining people have ever seen them,
and that the makers of the present typp of rolls are against
any new forms that would effect their patterns. But he is con¬
vinced that with any ore in the world, your rolls would make a
saving over every other rolls of such a percentage in the cost
of crushing, as well as elimination of much of the sliming, that
the advantage in favor of your rolls will give him quite a
start over other systems.
Using your rolls as a base for the new system of con¬
centration, he tells me that within the last year, during which
time he has been identified with you in these researches, that
you have worked out a simple form of concentration; in fact,
as he says, it is nothing but a classifier; that through it,
on any ordinary sulphide ore, that from 8 to 10# higher saving
can be made than the average saving made, and with a mill with a
capacity of 1000 tons a day, where power is reasonable and other
conditions perfect, that you will be able to concentrate At a
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cost of 25/ a ton.
Mr. Clifford says that this device is so simple in
form that he will have difficulty in convincing anybody
of its superiority over other systems, especially when he says ■
that it will run wet or dry. but when he is running dry. he
cannot save as high a percentage as when running wet. He has
told me that he want to quietly a.nd without any ostentation,
buildione of these Edison mills on property that he controls and
by cautious work, solve any problem in construction.
X' have invested millions of dollars of my own money
in mines; have made some money and lost some. 1 appreciate
that a new system of concentration has a future, and X am willing
to help Clifford get a syndicate together for the purpose of build¬
ing a primary plant and while X have the highest respect for his
ability as a miner, yet you know the field is filled with pro¬
cesses, and it has occurred tome that you might take the trou¬
ble to enlighten me a little as to your crushers and if in your
judgment, the new system of concentration as worked out by your¬
self, has a reasonable chance of being successful.
’ ’ please answer this letter to me at 341 Sixth Avenue,
Pittsburgh, Pa. and just give me your opinion, if you think
that Clifford tes a chance in his new idea.
Believe me, one of your many admirers, lam
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you very much.
Clifford has keen associated with me^
in some of my mining matters for a long while, and,
as you state, is a most wonderful optimist; hut,
notwithstanding this, there is no question, as to
his integrity or energy .
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o. address. STEWARTSVILLE, N.J.
October 14, 1912,
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to me the|) correal
H. P. Miller., Treas.,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir,: -
Mr. Bixler has turned' aer to
pondenoe which has 'passed between you and him relative
to the amount owing us by Mr. H. B. Clifford. Will
you kindly advise me whether any of the amount which you
received from Mr., Clifford was to cover invoices which
we rendered against him, but if not and you have not
written him as yet, will you not do so at once as we are
anxious to have these long standing accounts closed out
on our books.
Kindly let me have a copy of your letter to
Yours very truly,,
Use: EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT C<
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Orange, Hew Jersey, / \J .
dear Mr. Edison,- /
In my BoaroKjjor, better ^stggs g^£^|j.r 6 £&&!$•
out two years ago, I oommenoed to study ttie leeching operations of
The Pennsylvania Salt Company, of
largest institutions of its kind :
«jilada*{rtriV" which is one of the
ih the world. The bas^s off'CKS'ir
largeBt institutions of its kind in the jworl^. The^ba|jB^^
business is a self-roaster, and then*they leech phe ^small^j)e
of copper from the residue product, ifeon^wS^h^they^ake the
phuric acid. x*'"'"" ^
isting, lettiifsL the material
cool down, transport :
little salt added. At the
possible to do this work ip. one furnace, provided the furnace was
high enough. Since that time I have sent them samples of ore, and
have visitod their plant frequently, and they have acted upon the im-
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provemont, and now have a combined desulphuriser and calciner, and
they do some fine work here.
At my last visit yesterday, they told me that the leech¬
ing system would be an absolute euocess, and X enclose you a letter
I have received from. them, which I ‘would like you to read, and X
ask permission to bring this gentleman over to you at some time, if
you will set an appointment.
Everything about this process is now complete, provided
we can find some cheaper way to precipitate the ccpper by electric¬
ity, instead of on scrap iron. If we can dc this, we will make Just
as great an advance in copper mining and ore treatment, as we have
made inuyour present concentrating device. X would like you to talk
to this gentleman, as one thought of yours might do some good, and
reduce the cost of precipitation. I am sending you a sectional cut
of their roaster.
It ocoured to me that some twirling device, similar to
the one you use in the storage battery, might precipitate better
than a still system, such as we now uBe in refining.
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Wedge Mechanical Furnace Company
Greenwich Point, Philadelphia
Hoy. 15, 1912.
Mr. Henry B. Clifford,
The Waldorf-Astoria,
Hew York City.
Bear Sir:
Referring to conversation had today, in reference to
recovery of copper values by wet process:
As stated to you, since our last interview there has been
a great deai of interest taken in this subject by copper men in
the West, and we now have a plant operating in Mexico, and are also
erecting a single unit plant at Douglas, Arizona. These plants
are very simple in construction. They consist of a Wedge chlori-
dizing or sulphatizing furnace and a scrubbing tower through which
the gases are conducted, obtaining in this manner a weak acid used
in the leaching vats.
As you know, we have for some years been making quite a
study of roasting, and as this is the foundation of the wet process
you appreciate its importance. ' In the furnace which we' have now
developed, we have, on some ores, been able to obtain a calcine
from which we could obtain as high as ari 80 % water-soluble ex¬
traction, and by the use of weak tower acid bring the total re¬
covery up to an average of 95 We have, therefore, carried
this process to a commercial basis, as far as placing the copper
in solution is concerned.
1.
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Kr. H. B. C.
A great problem in ihe.West is the question of precipitation,
Bven if scrap iron could he obtained at a reasonable price, there is
not sufficient quantity to be had. Therefore, it would appear that
electrolysis would be the solution of this problem. As you know,
the difficulty heretofore experienced has been the consumption of
power and the high cost of fuel in producing power in the West.
In this plant that is to be erected at Douglas, they propose to
conduct some experiments on a commercial scale along the lines of
electrolysis, and hope to be able to precipitate at a price which
will compare favorably with the cost of precipitation by using scrap
iron, figuring scrap iron at the average market value in the Bast.
If they succeed in this, it means the production of electrolytic
copper at very low cost, and will solve the problem of handling low
grade copper ores.
As this subject is one of great interest in the metallurgical
world at the present time, not only in this country but abroad, as we
are having correspondence and recently had interviews with .gentlemen
on the other side, and knowing the work which you have recently been
doing with Mr. Edison, it occurs to us that this subject might be one
of interest to you and to him. If agreeable, the writer would be
very pleased to meet you and Mr. Edison at almost any time we can
arrange conveniently, and will be very pleased to show you what
progress we have made up to date, and give you the advantage of any
other information we can which would be of assistance to you in
taking up this new question of precipitation.
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THE WEDGE MECHANICAL FURNACE
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Edison General File Series
1912. Motion Pictures - General (E-12-59)
This folder contains correspondence, interoffice communications, and
other documents relating to the technical and commercial development of
motion pictures. The documents deal mainly with Edison s home kmetoscope
and his kinetophone (motion pictures with sound), both of which were ready
to be marketed by the end of 1912. Included are items deaUng wJh
experimental and design work; exhibitions, advertising, and sales he
appointment and administration of staff; and meetings of committees^ Also
included is a contract between Thomas A. Edison, Inc., and the American
Talking Picture Co.— an organization controlled by vaudeviHe managers and
theater owners Edward F. Albee, Martin Beck, A. Paul Keith, and JohnJ.
Murdock. Some of the documents concern the testing of ®amP®®0[ B°rolf
film celluloid, and fabrikoid. Among the correspondents are Frank L.. Dyer,
□resident of Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; chief engineers Donald M. Bliss and
Miller Reese Hutchison; photography experimenters Charles L-Brass®JJl'5^
Willard C. Greene; John Pelzer of the Kinetograph Department, and Wi ham
W. Dinwiddle, a specialist in the production of educational and scientific films.
ADDroximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected. The
following categories of documents have not been selected: iettersof
transmittal and acknowledgment, including some relatingn ^
of unsolicited scenarios; unsolicited correspondence requestmg advice or
information from Edison for which no substantive response has been found.
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Orange, New Jersey. "
o^ari.: 18, 1918. /
The following draft oovera, we believe, the various
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- — f^ln^oonBideration «f the varioua afime of, money \
/paid hy «e to you to dat.J.nd of the l-W » you for oh.
doll up (8l.),«Vf raohlhc «y. "to. belonging' to uu, M “* »
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eu£' United States **«.>> oolo, photography ou »11 OU ^
a. hare been or «» y». ~ -U - -»
patented or not.Tfcu -f •*»« « « —
oontlnuanoe of th. erperlueu^perlod under th. follo.l»«
oondltionet that mSStiSJiAo^ V*. *«“ a ”?alt!r
during tfee life of these patents amounting to twenty five
per cent of the ..Ma profit derived from the rtls or rental
Ml
Jan. 13, 1913
f 'adored moving piotur. filma made by you* prode0«*rtr^"
being understood that this extra profit wilj^jbe-detbrmined as
follows: That to the sell injjjprl'de of blaok and white filmB
will be added the oo^t-of^ooloring' the film, and the dif f drones v .
between thiS'-total c„atar.d the foiling price. of the oolored
jfiliMf^will oonstitute the profit. ^a/5. >
It is further understood that shOuld-Thomae A.
EdisoiirlW grant a lioenee to other moving picture concerns,
to uss these films under these;.patente, you will reoeive fifty
. :vf%s
per cent of whatever royalty **- may receive.
It is further understood that the royalties paid
you will never be less than one-fourth of one oeritrper
lineal foot of oolored film slid or rented. It is also further
understood that the royalties in every oaBe 6h.hU at leant,
amount to five thousand dollars ($5,000. ) per year.
: To avoid .anyjp' suggest the '
following as the method of oaloulating the royalty on film
made by using your patents* The royalty, of course, cannot
be based on profit made from the sale of oolored films, but
should be based solely on the added value of your prooess. If
the profit to the manufacturer iornthe blaok and whitVlfi,^ t<tawkU.}
4 dents pef foot, and the profit on oolored film is 7 oents
, per foot, then obviously the added value contributed to the ■ .
" . film by your, process will be 3 oents per foot. It is, this,
. difference between the profit made oa the colored films and
1 that whloh would be made on the blaok and white films that is.
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to be divided in the .^portion of seventy five per cent to
us and twenty five per to you.
As explained tO^pu in each oase the manufacturing
cost of films, both black and^ite and colored, shall oomprioe
the cost of labor, materials, genial expense and twenty per
cent for Belling expenses, et<fi\ 'U-tucting these i'tems
in each case from the actual selling prioe, will give the
net profit.
Very trulyyours,
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Jan. 12th, 1912.
Mr. H. T. X. e exiling:-
Dr. Greene arranged with the Bausch & Iiorah Co.
to furnish them with a dxunmy machine head and lamp house for
checking and testing their lenBes Before shipment. I am
handing you this dummy herewith. Please arrange to send it
to the Bausch & Bomb Co., care of the party who is looking
after the lens proposition.
HoBsrs. Farrell: Maxwell: Deeming: Biles: Bird:
It has been deoided that we will manufacture the metal
cabinets for Home Kinetosoope. Manufacturing order should, therefore,
be issued for 10,000 of them and work on them should be started and
pushed as rapidly an possible just as soon as drawings are received
from Engineering Dept. Regardless of our having decided to manu¬
facture these cabinets ourselves, Mr. Deeming is to obtain prices from
outside concerns just as soon as he oan get necessary drawings and
specif loations, in order that we may see how their prices oompare with
our oosts.
1/18/12. J C.jfyW.
Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dyer: Weber: Wetzel.
January 24th, 1912.
MEMORANDUM:-
Btatement of proposed film production for Home Kinetosoope
from January 24th to April 22nd, 1912*
lBt printer
2nd Printer
BOO ft, per day for 5£ days
1600 ft. per day for 6* doyB
2760 ft. per week
8260 ft. per week
Second printer to he oompleted and running pehruary 13th. This
based on second spool hank being ready February 13th, otherwise
commercial prints from printer Ho. 1 will he out out as It will then
he used for testing only until second spool bank is oompleted.
Third printer will he finished thirty days from date, or
February 26th, also spool bank for same. Capacity 8260 ft. per week.
Fourth printer and spool bank « ISarob 24th» Capaoity 8250 ft.
per week.
Jan. 24th
Feb. 13th
Feb. 26th
On hand - Jan* 24th
2760 ft. per week- 2 wks. to Feb. 13th—
11000 ft. per week-2 wks. to Feb. 26th—
19260 ft, per week-8 wks, to Apr, 22nd —
proposed total on hand Apr. 22nd
Above total sufficient for 2,600 machines.
Capacity of Plant after Apr. 22nd, (Per week)
Printer
%
S
2750 ft.
8250 "
8250 »
8280 "
27,600 "
20,000 ft,
6, BOO ft.
22,000 ft,
154.000 ft.
201,500 ft.
/
Sufficient for 343 H.Ks. weekly.
JJ #31
Messrs. Bliss: Greene:
Mr. - Edison is very anxious that wo should start
out four demonstrators with the Home Picture machines, hut wo are
prevented from doing so hy not yot having definitely decided, on the
Wellshaoh mantle for the acetylene system, the placement of the aro
light system and the lenses, of which Dr. Greene requested additional
samples submitted for his final approval. Dr. Greene told mo to-day
he thought all of those matters would he settled within the next week
or ten days, and I am sending you this memo, as an urger to hasten
those matters all you possibly con.
1/30/12., O.H.W.
Copies to Messrs: EcL^«m: Maxwell: Farrell.
HossrB. Haswoll: Farrell:
JAN ,
^ if
Mr. Edison spoke to mo thiB morning concerning
tho four Homo Picture Haohino domonstrators, and askod what progress
was boing made toward Bonding them out. I told him you had already
dooided on tho four mon, and that Borne of them were now being sohoolod,
but that you would bo unablo to send them out until we could furniBh
them with samplo machines, together with tho three different lighting
systems. (Those wo wore not able to furnish at present, booauso Dr.
Greono had not yet dooided on the Wollsbaoh raantlo for tho acetylene
systora, he has hot yet given us full data concerning the placement of
aro lamp, end the question of lenses was not yet determined upon, be-,
cause of hi*', Dr. Green, having requested additional samples sent ub
for his final approval. I am advised by Dr. Greono, however, that all
of these matters should be settled within the nest week or ten days,
and if they are, we should bo able to give you demonstrating outfits
completely equipped within the nest two or three weeks.
1 am sending, you this memo, so that in case Mr. Edison takos the
matter up with you, you will know what X have told him.
1/31/12.
Copy to Mr.
f '
March 13, 1912.
Mr. Edison:
In ro .Home Picture Machine the following is the
substance of to-day’s report of Mr. Farrell on production:
Mr. Weber states that he will have 1° 0
machines ready by April 1st inE,
further changes are made by the engineer ing
Department , and also provided Dr.
will promptly decide on the 5^6b>, -oir
- ijlie acetylene burner- and furnish markings
on the' arc lamp for the different lens
systems. Dr. Green is away at present
but he is expected to-day or to-morrow.
It does not seem likely that any parts
ordered on the outside will hold us
up, unless it is the oarrying-oaae.
Delivery on these is promised between the
1st and 15th of April.
The instruction of the demonstrators is proceeding
•very satisfactorily. . Mr. Stearns leaves to-day for Minneapolis
to be present at the Eleotrioal' .Show. The other men remain here
for the remainder of t ho week. Mr. Stearns having already had
several months experience is considered competent to dispense
with thf instruction which the others will receive during the rest
jr
weoK. -rf*.*—*
The "u-riirliak 'MBBhefrS
. ■
ait* A^t-tho-ihetruc t ion-shwi;; '?£•
ave not yet been
coming along in fairly satisfactory shape. i
able to get acceptable material for the instruction sheet.
J
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WM-KGK
i) in the
ruga_d to blnooula5 effect rith » sllltu plotupe:
The attached photographs are as follows:
(1) Ordinary photograph
(8) Two images superimposed. This was m|j|||||th two apertures in
the diapliram of the camera lens, like this- which gives an
identical effect with the plan you first suggfe&eT of the tvra lenses and
prisms.
(3) ' Elongated image. Made with diaphram like this:|
camera lens.
You will notice that the last is identical with the iris of a horse's
eye. which goes to show that the Lord was working along the same lines
many years ago when He invented the horse. Having put the horse's eye on
the side of his head He undoubtedly worked out this stunt as a sort of
range finder for the horse. Optically wpeaking)our little experiment may
not he orthodox,but we are in good company.
' Photograph! 3) is then a horse' s-eye view, and if we oould get some
knowledge of the anatomy of the horse's eye we might find out what to do
next.
VL, /f / 1 .
Very respectfully, .
Up,
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20B2E
Mr- Apfol:
(Coyles to Mr* Edlnon^>T. Wilson uid :’r. Highara)
April SB, 1512.
In diacuaaing the Kinotophono witter recently with Ur.
Edison, he ia convinced that the ultimate fitadio for our uao should
ho looatod In Orange end that this studio should he provided with
ocnvaa walla and roof, so aa to eliminate echoes. Of oourBe tbo
structure will he very mob more suhatantlel than a tent, hut at
the sumo time it will ho arranged so that any portion of the aides
or top can he removed to provide for lighting for photographic pur¬
poses. Please arrange with Ur. Hlghcua for the maximum spaco nooeso-
e*y for staging any sooue that wo may talcs for the Kinetophano, allow-
lng for proper space for the camera ana scenery, end give this infor¬
mation to Mr. Edison, who will then have the necessary mechanical
details of the building worked out under his direction. When
the studio has been designed by him, take up the matter with Ur.
Plimpton and gat hia advice as to a suitable arrangement of rooms
for storage of properties and scenery, dressing rooms for actors,
toilet arrangements, offioo room, eto., no that the two plans oan
he combined together wither as separate buildings or with the studio
on top of a concrete building, as may later he dooidod. In the
meantime, arrangements for enaaencing eotuc.1 work on subjects suit¬
able for release ehould be inmoaietely undertaken*
1. Stoke arrangements with the proprietor of the Bijou
Theatre, oornor Main & Bey 8ts. , Orehge, (formerly Orange Music
Hall) by which the apparatus can be sot up and a demonstration
made to test the character of the records under fairly normal work¬
ing conditions. You will probably bo able to make this arrangement
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I. lx- J?j>fol- 2.
without having to pay anything. Of course tho demonstration will
ho node in tho morning heforo the usual show oommenoos. let me
know when you have made thOBe arrangements . so that X can take tlr.
Edison down to see tho demonstration. Bo this immediately, as I
wish to have everything started if possible before sailing for
Europe on May 4th.
2. i£r. Highao should make duplloutes of his Recording
Machine and Amplifying Bupli outing Machine , so that work will not
ho held up in oaBe of a brook-down.
3. fending the .actual construction of a studio along
Ur. Edison’s lines, work can bo started in tho tout and records
commenoed. At first do not attempt anything more than songs,
monologues and tho simplest kind of sketches. fhese will in¬
volve very simple scenery and settings. Somo of the recordB al¬
ready made oun probably he made oter again. Bear in mind par¬
ticularly not to attempt anything complicated or involvoa, as
records of this Bort should be left for the future, when we have
a studio to work in and understand more about tho business.
4. /.lake a try-out of such vaudeville talent and phono¬
graph talent as you can got hold of, to determine the recording
qualities of their voices, so as to soke a list of avi. liable artists
upon whom you oen rely. Hr. Walter Miller can put you in touch
with a great many artlsta suitable for our purpose whom he has found
moke good records. Remember that the appearance of an artiBt is
Important in your work, ns thoy must take good photographs. Eat,
awkward and boraeiy men and women are to he avoided, unless, of
course, to get comedy effects. At the Btart, from Ur. Hiller’s
list alone you ought to he able to get sufficient talent to make a
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Mr. Apfol- 3.
good many records. Do not figure at first upon an output of ooro
than four 6-minute rocordB per week, einoo that will give us a
sufficiently varied service. Also hear in mind that the full
record in csoh osee ncod not ho made, sinoo many acceptable songs
and sketches will probably require not more than throe or four
minutes. She shorter the record the more easily it will be handled.
5. Prepare a list of 20 reoords, as abovo indicated,
that you would propose to make first, end let me see the list as
soon as posslblo. I suggest that the "Lecture" should be made
over again, and if Kr. Humphrey makes it, impress upon him the
importance of not talking too loud and of avoiding giving tho
appearance of a man making a strenuous effort to talk distinctly.
If you havo a woman sing in the "Leoture", got a Good-looking one
with, preferably, a contralto voice. Tho one we used in the first
"Lecture" was very poor.
6. When the apparatus is ready to put out, as wo hope
in the Pell, wo must have a number of operators available who under¬
stand the apparatus and will be able to properly project tho pic¬
tures and keep them in synchronism with the phonograph. Demon¬
strations for this purpose can be made in the Coaaittoe Hoorn.
Most of tho operators belong to a labor Union, so that you can readi¬
ly reach them. I think you will haY© no difficulty in instructing
a good many operators so as to have a list of names of men who
can be dopanded upon. This will give them an opportunity to get
a highor class Job than they now have, and you will find them anx¬
ious to learn. They generally have their mornings free. ier-
•hapo at first "it might be better, before npproaohing Hew York opera¬
tors, to start out with operators in Orange and Hewark, who can bo
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Hr. Apfol- 4.
swro readily reached. Shis particular point Is not isrmdiately
pros Bine, and there wouia he no need of starting in on these
demonstrations until about July, when operators aro least hnoy.
3oar in mind, however, that when w> actually start with commer¬
cial work in tho Pall, wo want to have a corps of woll-drillod
men who Will he able to operate the apparatus successfully.
7. fako up icracdiatoly tho question of sotting ria
of tho KSrd 3t. Studio with as little loss aa possible. ior-
hapo Ur. Plimpton would like to have thin pl&oo in which to nuke
nogativoe for tho Homo Kinetoacopo, but he is not to have it
unless the present work of Ur. Seay is interfering with Mo
regular production- Boxt approach the liooneod Ihaiufuo furors
in Hew lor''? and nee if any of them wonts this ntudio. Possi¬
bly the Kalea CO. would liko to have it. If ™ cannot dispose
Of the atudio by either of those ways, see if the place or.n bo
sub-let, una on what terms.
Ploaao keep mo fully advised as to aovelopmontB.
3. 1.0.
PI d/xot
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use.fi/3orti £fbe<^A/
Edison Storage Battery Co.
^JfCma&Q,£dbon-
cu» aCdiiian- Orange, N.J..U.S. A. Apr . 1 25 ^ I9I2<
f irfu, ou~r+ j— *
Mr. Edison: ' 1
About one year ago I discussed, with members of th(
General Board of the Navy, the matter of photographing shells in
flight. They were very anxious for us to undertake the experi-
iL
In December, I9II, Commander Craveh, then of the Board,
and subsequently Director of Takget Practice and Engineering Compe-
tions, visited the laboratory. You discudsed the matter with us
and told me to go ahead and conduct such experiments as might be
necessary to accomplish the task.
On the evening of Eebruary 9th., after looking at the
educational films in the Library, I mentioned the matter to Mr.
Plimpton, asking him if he desired to take the matter up with
Commander Craven, and stating that permission would be granted to
take fleet maneuvres and other pictures of public interest, in
return for the special work on shells in flight. Receiving an affirm¬
ative answer, I turned all correspondence from and to Mr, Braven,
over to Mr. Plimpton, and advised Mr. Craven to address Mr. Plimp¬
ton in the matter. He did so, sending me copies of all letters.
’Then the Target Practice time came, two operators went
from the Bronx to take commercial films, Dr. Greene and I went
with the special machine constructed here in the Laboratory,
Before leaving the dock at Old Point, the bpys discovered
a Pathe outfit which the official photogtapher was endeavoring to
smuggle aboard. I reported the matter to the Rear Admiral in
command, through Commander Craven, and etated we would go ashore if
the Pathe man was allow8d to remain. He went ashore when he showed
up. ,
The experiment was a success. The shells were photograph¬
ed by Dr. Greene, without assistance from anyone, and with con¬
siderable personal risk at times.
My sole object in inaugurating this experiment was to
Show the Army and Navy people that the Edison Organisation can
accomplish results where others have failed. I selected this
particular experiment because they have for years been endeavoring
to secure a shell in flight just as it arrives near the target.
Dr. Greene has accomplished it, and the result is going to be of
more value to the Edison Battery than to any other Department.
You have authorized me to proceed with the experiments,
and have given me the co-operation and assistance of Dr. Breene,
detaching him from other work to that end. I have so advised the
Navy Department, and will discuss the matter with the General
Board on Eriday on invitation to appear before them. X will
endeavor to get back the actual outlay on the experiment to date,
and have them pay actual cost of the future experiments I propose
to conduct with them.
■ Meanwhile, as the pictures of shellB in flight are
confidential, they cannot be used commercially. Even if they could be
released, there are no more than ten-exposures of any one flight,
the majority being four or five only. It would therefore be off the
screen almost instantly.
Inasmuch as the entire benefit will be derived by the
Battery Company, I suggest that the Battery Co. be charged with the
actual cost of the special apparatus to date, it in turn charging
to my Advertising Department, furthermore that the additional
experiments you have authorized me to conduct he on Battery Co.
account until X can work out the other arrangement with the Navy
Department.
It is not my desire to shine as a motion picture
expert. Neither do I wish to tread on anyone's toes. This is a
Laboratory experiment, the laboratory is the place to conduct it,
and Greene has demonstrated he is the man to do the work. All I
can do is to assume responsibility for the success of the work,
assume responsibility of the confidential nature, hustle the
job along, and sell batteries as a result.
I hope to oonduct the entire matter without expense to
you or to the Battery Company, and without subjecting you to any
more bother than the submarine cell has caused you.
Please outline the course clearly to all concerned, as
understood between us, in order that I may got through with the
work with the minimum of delay and the maximum advantage to the
Battery.
Respectfully,
*
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To
RUIiES AMD HEGrUIiATIOHS SOTERHINS MOV PIG
PICTURE OPERATORS AND MOHIHES,
ISSUED DEO, let, 1911.
(a)
•■•v
Rule 17 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
following, - except on motor-driven machines, so as to
read:-
Rule 17. The film reels must he operated hy a crank firmly
secured to the spindle or shaft on head of the
machine, so there will be.no possibility of its
ooming off, except on motor-driven machines.
Rule 19 is hereby amended by striking out the whole of said
section and substituting in place thereof the following :-
Rule 19. Electric motorB may be used for operating only on
such machines as are especially fitted and approved
for such use in accordance with the following re¬
quirements : -
The motor must be securely attached to machine
support; be satisfactorily enclosed and must be
separately fused and placed below the bottom line
of lamp houBe.
(b) Electric current to operale both arc' light and
motor must be controlled by one switch; an addi¬
tional, switch to control current to motor must be
installed, and be so constructed as to spring open
when not held closed by the operator.'
(o) Both switches and the starting box must be placed
on the operating side of the machine and at least
one foot back from a perpendicular line of film
exposure.
(d) All eleotrioal devices must be securely mounted
on incombustible supports and be enclosed satisfac¬
torily to the inspector.
(e) The machine must be so constructed or protected
that while in operation displaying a picture,
the film cannot escape from the head enclosure
or 'elsewhere except as the same is taken up
by the lower magazine and crank must be removed
when motor-driven.
(f) Ho person will be permitted to operate a motor-driven
- machine until he has reoeived a special license therefor,
wfeioh license will authorize the holder to operate either a motor or hand-
driyen.. machine. . (issued May 1, 1912 }
The Gellueoid Company
Executive Omices
luoin'* Aa
l,
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orango, N. J.
Hy doar Hr. EdiBom
PurttBant to our convarsatiok of last wook, X Bond yoii^two samplj
of fifty foot each of .005 film support such as wa sell for sensitising
for cinematograph work.
One of these 1b our regular stock made from nitro-oellulose and
the other, a non-inflamnable film, made from acetyl-oellulose.
I have had both, notwithstanding their short lengths, paoked on
our regular mandrels intended for 300 feet lengths and in our regular man¬
ner so that you may seo how it is delivered.
There is no charge for these samples and if there is anything
further you would like to know about them I will he glad to call at your
oonvenienoo.
Sinoerely yours.
The CEELUEC^Ag@#^g]ST.
Executive Opmceb
30 “Washington Peace
iSTexv York
May 8,
(A* On* cfgN-W 'lAU*'1
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, “*
_ L.U* VAM&’ ^ ' o aA |_) . *»***&&& '
Orange, N. ^ |**JF «*.C£<Wm*
OP MR. H. P._ MILLER, SHaagtfll c ,..0..<5 \CM~+t &
Dear Sirs-
Your favor of 7th inat. i
(O^CrtA«Ti.C ^ '***
. . . -‘••K Cf<’v/
Tho Acoto-cellulosa “ O
coat of Iho nitro-oellulosejilm ^
than twenty-five oenta net?f?o.b.^S factory per naming foot of the widl
of the sample sent you. £
We are atill experimenting with this film and trust before long
to still further improve it .and possibly reduce its present cost, and in
order to get practical results have erected an experimental plant to manu¬
facture on a oomnercial, althougi anall, scale so as to get actual working
conditions.
If, and when, you are interested in this film and are in a posi¬
tion to know what you require I would be glad to oall and go over the sub¬
ject and boo what arrangement could bo made to meet your wishes.
Yours truly.
Otto Weber:
Shore is nothing more important at the present time than
the completion of such work as you are doing for Mr. Thompson, in
connection with the installation of waterproofing machine for Home
Kinetosoope film, and you should do everything possible to supply
Mr. Thompson with the material he requires at the earliest possible
moment. If any time oan be gained by your working Saturday afternoon
or Sunday, I wish you would take the question of doing so up with
Mr. P. Weber.
5/10/12.
Copy to P. Weber.
C.H.W.
The ■waterproofing machine for waterproofing Home
Kinetosoope film was reoeivod here on Tuesday, hut is not yet set up
and ready for operation, nor oan it he before the latter part of nest
west, beoause of certain work on drying machine and the room in which
the apparatus is to he installed having to he done first. It is of
the greatest importance that this machine he in operation at the
earliest possible moment, as no piotures Bhould he sent out until they
are waterproofed; therefore, if there is any way whereby the work of
installation can he hastened by working Saturday afternoon or Sunday,
you will please soo it is done. If there is any delay in obtaining
any material whioh you require in connection with the setting up of
this apparatus, please take the matter up with Hr. Y?obor , who will boo
that you are supplied with it.
5/10/12. C.H.W.
Messrs. Gall : Ehomp s on :
In arranging the room for Hr. B^nbold to in¬
spect and test. out Home P. K. pictures, you will please install throe
machines, one each of the different lightings, so that for a time at
least he can tost the piotures on all throe systems, that is, Baby Arc,
Ilernst and Acetylene. It is important that' this he done for the
reason that some piotures which might prove satisfactory when used
Yfith the Bahy Arc, will not show up well at all with the Hornst, and
worse still with the Acetylene.
5/11/12. OJjl'u.
Copy to Uossrs. E&tyBon: Earroll.
.r
Hoanra. Polaor: Sorroli: flmraipoon: JmaoBon: Wbor: ijyar:
ELewio note that acting under instnmtiona from Hr. saloon,
no mora ploturo eihom aero to ho given by our Goespony or any omoor
or Soproaontotlvo thereof to any ohtwoh, organisation, charitable
Institution nor for toy purpoae ufoatover, and. that wboro repooetB of
thin kina, nro received thoy are, In aa nice tt my ao possible, to bo
rofuaod on the grounda tint one oontroot with dealora dll not permit
our giving ohoro of this nature, end the party requoattne tho Show
la to bo roforrod to tho nearest dealer in mohlnoa and to the Gonorol
SMlm company, wLth ohms arrangoraonto cm be made on a rental or In-
8ta3xsmb basin to obtain the mohlre and Ulna.
2Mo floos not prooloflo tho giving of thraonotrationa of tho
araoll maohlnoa by Hr. Porroll or hlo aopertmnt. inaofor aa tho giving
of than In for the purpose of duuonatrgtlng tho moohlno and flSns to
pronpootlvo pnrohaaoro io eonoernod, bat It dooa aloo apply to tho
Bonn Kinatoooopo and fllBB so for aa giving free aridLMtlona to othoro
than proopsotlvo pnrohaaora is oonooxnod.
If tMa matter io not thoroughly ondoratood by you, ploaoo
S/12/12. /
copy to Hr. Edloan.
as given to me by parties abroad who 'claim to have need them success¬
fully.
-They were given to me confidentially eo Kindly keep them to
yourself and your neoeasary assietants. I trust they will he of use
to you.
Yours truly.
President
Enclosure
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COPT
Suggested formulae for Non Plain. Substratum.
Ho. 1 : Gelatine
water
heat to 30 0 i
Aoetio Aoid
Glycerine
ooat at 30 0.
Ho. 2 Gelatine
Water
Aoetio Aoid
When melted add very slowly and with constant stirring
and should the gelatine begin to soparate and adhere to the stirring
rod stop adding.
Ao stone 20 oz*
Glycerine 2 "
coat at 30 0.
. by weight
fluid.
I when molted add
NOTE
With reference to the H. I. substratum formulae above, you may need
to modify the proportion of aoetio acid, but a few experiments will show
you the right quantities to use.
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Mosers . Brown: Redfoarn: Borggren: Eclrort :
(1) 50jj por linear foot for negative.
(2) For professional positive films, 16f( por linear foot por print.
(MiniHraia $150. )
(s) For Home Kineto scope Positive Film —
10 to 25 prints Zfii not per foot per print
25 to 60 prints 26p net per foot per print
fO or more prints 20(5 net per foot per print.
10 prints minimum quantity that will ho furnished. )
5/29/12. C.H.W.
Copies to Messrs. Edison: Plimpton: Byer: Maxwell: Harrell: J.Pelzer:
At Hewport yesterday, I had an opportunity to
try some photographic experiments, and. achieved one
very remarkable result which you probably have already
investigated in connection with the moving picture,
but which may possibly, have escaped your attention.
X took out while oh a visit to a submarine in which I
made a descent a stereoscopic camera -the only one
for which I could find films available. Returning to
■the gallery of the local photographer who loaned me /
some“ohemioals, hut who was very ill -equipped, I '
devoted a few moments to making a positive of a stereo¬
scopic view for one of the naval officers. Me monkied
around with two lights and two lenses, and roughly
fooussed the two steroosoopio pictures on a wall. The
result was crude, but really startling in its depth of
perspective, the "roundness" which it gave to the objeots
photographed and the general"life" of the whole thing.
It therefore occurs to me that the introduction of the
stereoscopic principle into the moving picture might
produce very remarkable results. Of course, you
understand far better than X do why a stereoscopic
view comes muoh nearer to duplicating the image produced
by vision from two eyes, than a picture made with a
sincle lens possibly could. If you have never tried
this soheme,*let me share with you in the very slig-ht
expense of attaching stereosoopio lenses to a moving-
picture camera, and try the experiment. My experience
of yesterday convinced me that the results will he
absolutely startling
later, I spoke (like a d fool) to. the Hoad of the
pallery and supply house at iJev;port about the matter,
and aeked him if, so far ae he knew, the stereoscopic,
nrinoinle had been used in stereoptioon work. He said
that he did not know that it Hiad,.;and instantly- began to
speculate upon its possibilities.: I an afraid I started
in .hie mind a train of thought.
Very .likely,' in making this suggestion to you,
I am like the youth who walked. from' Ohio to Washington
desiring to patent the principle of the • syphon. whioh
he had just disoovered . But op the other hand, it
may he that the 'thought /is really new, and in that
Oase, it is certainly worthwhile.
Let me -know 'when you are ready , to talk for '
"Good Housekeeping".
Very sinoerely yours :
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
^mea'dow croft.
COPY'
KTjEIHE OPTICAL company
166 NORTH STATE ST.
CHICAGO, HI.
June 22nd, 1912
Mr. Pelzer , •
o/o ThotnaB A. Edison, Ino.,
Orange, N.J.
My a ear Mr. Pelzer
Received your letter this morning and immediately
repaired to the City Hall.
Your replacing the wooden baseboard and mechanism
baseboard with metal is entirely satisfactory. The lamphouse,
and rods attached to it.
There is no rule or regulation concerning the
5S.:.ItAk=.
In this respect the Motiongraph is entirely satisfactory.
The top of the house cannot be provided with a
similar insulating and heat resisting material.
jliioia et JJ* aSSj*“o«<>S 'h<l
li f£?S£ .f -! *-•
not. less than one-half of an inch.
You will no doubt recall that the Motiograph
lamphouse door was double. This construction is not absolutely
necessary.
A 60-ampere switch with each machine vouia be
a great improvement, as of late we haye^had : rranerouB kicks _
on the light switch that is now supplied not only in Chicago
June 22/12
bu-£ out of Chicago.
Trusting the above will enable you to get quick
action, ana with kind regards, I remain
Respectfully yours
(signea) C. A. Hofmann
“-issssii#'
» «°on «. ». «i «'“««”•
please hurry up.
Messrs. Weber: Wetzel:
According to instructions given me by Mr. Edison,
all work is to be stopped on the Highamaphone machines and synchronizing
devioes with the exception of two which we want completed at the
earliest possible moment, one for use in Mr. Edison’s library and the
other for use by Mr. Higham in oase hiB present machine breaks down.
This work is stopped because of certain changes which Mr. Edison
considers necessary to males.
6/24/12. C.H^,
Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dyer: Hird: Apfel: Higham: Bliss.
Mr. H. J. Miller,/ ^ hv • ^
tvi« BursttU of Ordnanca has i8sued/a
srisaas atsaffs ss^aawas^
shells in flight.
It has been arranged that I am to
the Bureau, and they will forward check to me in payment
of the hill.
Therefore, in the matter of the special
work that has been conducted on order No. 3043, kindly
enter same on the hoolcs as
M R, HUTCHISON#’ GOVERNMENT PHOTOGRAPHIC
EXPERIMENTS
and I will take care of it in due course.
The tests have been deiayedforfromono
to three months, and the Bureau suggests that I render
hill for work material, etc* when the tests a
completed*
Se£dWin: Phl^i?a; ft.O.MoOhesney; Ireten; Maxwell-
Stevens; Farrell; Berggren; Water; Wm. Pelzer; Miller; Oronkhlte-
Aiken; Durand; Rogers: ’
’ . 4- v. v 4 Raring te the exhibit of samplee of ear new
pretest whioh Is to he plaoed In our Building #10 Fifth Avenjre
on July 6th and 6th, would reapeotfully adviBe that 1 hare had a
large number of aooeptanoes and It looks now as though we ought
to hare at least representatires from seventy- fire or eighty Job¬
bing houses.
. , ,, ttader the olroumstanoes l would ask you to be
present at the Hew York Office aa early as possible on Friday
morning, spending the entire day there and planning to take
dinner and go to the theatre with us that evening^
„ . Will alBo want as many as possible at the Hew
York Offloe on Baturday morning, remaining there until all vis¬
itors have been properly taken oare of.
. . W there is any reason why It will be Impossible
for you to carry out my suggestions, would be pleased to have you
advise me promptly.
M 13 19! 2
Mr. Pelzer:
Please arrange to install a professional picture machine
In the Hew York Office, 10-6th Ave. at onoo. I think tho heat place
for this will ho on the 3rd floor in the samo room where tho Homo P.E.
is being shown, end if the distance now used for tho Homo P.E. is not
sufficient, you oan got a longer throw hy tearing out one of tho office
partitions now in tho front end of that floor.
I presume it will he necessary to place the machine in a
fire-proof booth and also have tho wiring done under the rules of the
Eire Underwriters. All this, however, X will leave to you to attend to.
As it will he necessary to have a Hew York State licensed
operator running thiB machine, I wiBh you would arrange with Hallhorg
or someone else so that we can get an operator on telephone call.
7/12/12. C.H.W.
Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dyer: Dolbeor : Goodwin.
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■M 13 1912
Messrs. Bolbeer: Goodwin:
I have arranged with Mr: Pelzer to borrow
the sorvioes of John Hardin for the purpose of putting him in ohargo
of tho exhibit at Hew York Office, 10-5th Avo. and he will be ready
to report Monday morning. Post him fully on prices, discounts, terms,
&o. concerning the new line of machines. With Hardin as manager there,
Robert Bolan should be taught how to operate tho Homo P.K. , and he oan
then do the demonstrating of both the phonogaplis and Homo P.K. whon
These two people with some young man whom you will ploase
select to aot as door-keepor in the basement should bo all the
permanent help wo will require.
7/12/12.
Copies to Messrs.
. Edison:
C.H.W.
Dyer: Farrell.
Mr.
give you detailed report of the Projecting Machine situation
in this country:
Prom the heat information X can obtain
the Nicholas Power Company's sales for the present year
will amount to about three (3000) thousand machines;
our sales will be about one (1000) thousand; Motiograph
about seven hundred and fifty (760); all others about
four (400) hundred.
The increase and demand for Powers
and Motiograph machines can be attributed to the follow¬
ing reasons:
First: The building of two distinctly new models by
both the Powers and Motiograph people during the past
three years.
Seoond: Through the selling plan adopted by the Nicholas
Power Company as follows: •
They would allow a prospective purchaser
#60.00 for his old Model machine, regardless of mafca , to
apply on the purchase prioe of one of their new Models, allow¬
ing him to pay the balanoe by installments, and when pressed
would allow a discount in addition and also guarantee to re¬
place all worn out parts for one year free of charge.
Third; All other manufacturers would allow Dealers to
have their machines on consignment, we doing no consign¬
ment business whatever. This, of course, would influence
the dealer to push the machines which he had on consign¬
ment and entail no outlay of money.
In addition to the above reasons,
the other manufacturers also resort to underhand methods
by telling the Dealers that the Edison Company were the
ones who organized the so-called "Trust," and, therefore,
were the oause of their being left outside the licensed
field.
They also, state: "that they were not
film manufacturers and, therefore, had no axe to grind,
and that their sympathies were with the Independent Move¬
ment . "
'The Motiograph and Simplex people are
also interested in Independent Film Manufacturing concerns.
This they pointed out to the Independent Film Exohange
man to show that their sympathies were with their side and
in this way prevailed on them to push their make of ma¬
chine s .
I also know that Operators from time to
time receive commissions for pushing other makes of ma¬
chines. I am sure that over 80$ of the machines ordered
are sold through the influence of the Operator as the
Owner or Manager of a theatre rarely knows one machine
from the other, and the Operator's advide is usually
accepted as final.
In additon to the Operators receiving com-
missionSthey from time to time receive little souviners,.
such as, watch fobs, match safes and desk calendars, from
the other manufacturers. This also goes to create a
friendly feeling toward machines of those manufacturers.
As to the merits of each machine, will say
that our machine will out-wear any other machine on the
market. As far as projection goes, it is not better than
any other machine, but equally as good. She Powers machine
is preferred by the Operators- because it makes considerably
less noise than ours. This is due to the fact that the
' Powers people use soft metal in their gears.
The other manufacturers are also more prompt
in making improvements on their machines than we are.
It is an old cry- among the operators, "that
the Edison maohine today is practically the sane as it was
ten years ago with the exception of a few minor improvements
and a little nickel-plating, while the price has almost doubled
itself in five years." The majority of them say; "Give us
something new," and this we must do if we ever expect to get
back the business which we have lost during the past year.
I attach herewith copy of report sent us from
the Hondo n Office on the machine situation over there. This
report will bear me out in my- contention that we must have a
new Model maohine if we ever expect to get any of the foreign
business^
fours very truly
1 1
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August 23, 1912.
Home P. K. Department -,-
The teste made ©n the 25 and 40
cycle i 110- volt, sample transformer submitted by the
Sutler-Hammer Manufacturing Company, prjpved satisfactory.
The Blight fllcter In the light when furnished hythe
low frequency Una was not objectionable whenpr ejecting
lantern slides! while on the motion picture it could not
be noticed at all. The Sales Department is very anxious
to have a humber of these transformers to supply to their
Buffalo, Syracuse and. Albany and other New York state
clients as early as possible.
In placing formal orders-with the
Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Company, I wohld insist
on the following modifications in their apparatus.
1. .<■ That the connecting cords bf of approved
type.
2. The uee of a short stem switch.
3. Helical spring bushings at outlets.
4. That the cover be made of heavy perflated
sheet metal, highly polished,, and finished
similar to the cover on the rheostat.
5. That the base be made to conform with the
requirements of Dr. Pierce of the Nation¬
al Board of Pire Underwriters.
July 26,- 1912.
HEADS OE ALL DEPARTMENTS
We have In atook In the Stationery
Department, "Tranao" envelopes like sampleB attached. It
1b desired that these, he used as much a» possihle for all mall
matter 1 no toad of the envelopes we have been using.
E. J. DERGOREN
Meadow c^.
Vermietung
Laden,
Gesohaftslokalen.Wohnu
Finanzierungen
flssociationen.
) Liberty Street
Hon. Thomas A. Edison
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purpose of this letter is to asYc you if you will he interested to a<*UgTe
the American rights for a new uninflammable moving picture film whJ2H
is also more transparent than all those now used. It has been not oqffy
reccomended by the different fire departments abroad but as I understand
it laws will be passed whereby only such films may be used in movin0 pic
ture theatres etc.^ ^ orlce ; ftt tjw figure ftt which the ones now
in use are sold a net profit of one hundred per cent is made. .
The English Company has already been organized and is about ereo
tins' the different factories now. Our Berlin firm is about closing a deal
wi?h the inventor who lives in Berlin for a tract of over ion acres near
Berlin. ^ kave an idea that acquiring these patents for America from
the inventor and his syndicate you can get higher prices than anybody
““ Kr fll“ "VKfoSli.o.rl. C » r , . » t can he thrown fro. th. .
moving picture machine on the film for any lenghth of time and it will not
burn like the nresent films. Ho doubt the different states tnat is the
cities will through the Department of Fire Prevention order the use of
inflammable films ahall thank you for an early reply to our Hew York
Office and will be glad in case you have a representative in Europe get;
in touch with our Berlin Office atyour earliest convenience.
The same, inventor has put an artificial silk product
cannot be told from real silk and has. already made conti
of his entire output for two years.
•e authorized to negotiate also for this invention and
to propositions as to a company to be organized, in
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Ur. Weber
How that tho lower take-up for the Homo P. K.
is in the hands of the Manufacturing Department, and the delay-
in completing Home P. K. machines has been because we have been
held up to a certain extent by this lower take-up, it is vory
necessary that we increase the production of tho Homo P. IC.
machines including the lower take-up.
Wo have on shipping order 3800 machines, all
of which oen be shipped as soon as ready. Will you please
look into thiB matter immediately and advise me how many weekly
we may expect from now on.
8/26/12. O.H.W.
Copies to Messrs. Edi Dyer: Parr ell.
jet/trArf.
Vermjetung
Laden.
GeschafIslokalen.Wohnungen
ANLAGEundBESCHAFFUNG
HYPOTH EKEHKAPITALIEN .
Finanzierungen
flssociationen.
Htfrf. ihOmas Ji,
riVange ,
#6»- MHerty Street
August Twenty Eighth
Nineteen
Twelve
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, ( t Ye Wl thO hOrfor :of receiving
■Tr’our'T.etter of yeetArdiy iWiitig Jfii _W* 1 - Infletomible ^yiaS picture
>32 ms, Will you have th* kirtdrielte i« wh^t ^edt\y+2u^iH! ^
^opiipeot to use , so thaft whin the «fmh facUry is ready th bpeVdte on-
ia."5LtCrge scale thev are in ef ridffitlon to quote you a priofe for euch quah*-
■*““* “ y“ ,«*,S4"6rf it M ;«irO « W * inWjrtito for m
sdtreing this material. 9Te tike th«T lihettV therefor in asking y6tt if tthV
your fri^ndu and acqUdirttahOeGf might he thtere ttedln going into this
^atte7 — the film astfell hk the irtlfioiil -silk processes, ^e heiiove
iha^-e 6taierd tcT ydti th&t ihe enlftfi Mitpttt o t tho artlfidkl ailk has
-i^lready eh .contracted Af tV6 JredFs. . _ . . .
* ^hankihg y($U fttf thee favor o? an early reply we heg to sign
Tpura yery tr^y
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COST OS NEGATIVE EIUUE SUBJECTS COMPLETED BY THE BRONX STUDIO
AS PER DATA COMPILED' AND ENTERED IN NEGATIVE EILM COST LEDGER.
er No.
. Cat Blank Cost of
log Dieted Eilm Bl?ink Outside Direot Bay
No Length Used ,Eilm Posing Expense Ho.
Total
Direot
Roll Cost
$ Mise.
L. Jo K..
not shg. I
to any
prtio'lr G
subjeot I
Lees Total Total
i Eor'n Negative Cost CoBt
- . less per Et.
Total length & 11£ Eoreign listed
Cost feet per ft Negtiv length
The Governor S 1026
Bridget’s Sudden Wealth W 1040
Lazy Bill Hudson W 1043
The Girl from the Country S 1106
The Green-eyed Monster W 1042
The Usurer's Grip Brb i113
A Eresh Air Romance S 1112
Mary in Stageland S 1103
Unole Mun & the Minister W 1101
At Home in the Water Brt 1134
The Affair at Raynors Brh 1131
Under Ealse Colors Brh 1121
Outwitting the Professor W 1044
TOTALS
7118 1000 6312 161.40 747.00 176.39 326.74 1401.83
7112 600 3026 86.24 252.00 94.65 267.79 700.58
7119 490 2276 64.87 155.00 11,23 206.90 438.00.
7130 1000 5*2*- 180.84 347. 5Q 142.87 224.72 866.83
7132 700 4124 117.53 186.50 78.07 358.93 741.0%
7134 1000 4528 129.05 410,00 158.46 282.10 979.61
7139 1000 4928 140.45 277.50 111.07 291,83. 820.85
7127 1000 8236 234.72 862.00 184.10 338.62 1619.44
7137 1000 7844 223.85 796.00 220,73 641.20 1881.48
7150 400 3124 89.03 --- 39.00 61.54 179.67
7152 1000 5128 146.16 317.50 66.90 338.77 869.32
7136 1000 7128 203.15 852.50 553.01 384.68 1993.34
7140 1000 4594 130.93 156.00 833.20 472.81
147.23
73.18
46.06
90.84
77.92
102.89
86.10
17 0.05
197.60 '
IB. 94
91.27
11190 6BB30 1867.61 533B. 60 2
). 88 4186.63 13462.32 1413.64 2555.
266. 20
133. 10
83. 19
164,53
140.50
185. 79
165.75
307.34
357 . 26
34. 20
164.99
378.51
184.40
.75
1814.96 904<
906.86 cBBO
667.25 480
1121.00 927
959.45 774
1268. 29 928
1062.7 0 962
2096.83- 919
2436.33, 935
232.71 350_
1125.58 893
2581. C7 930
1258.58 960_
17431.61 10542
Total number of feet of liBted leri{ih
Total number of feet of H.X. listen-length ohargable
to regular production
Total Cost Regular Production 16273
Plus •£ total cost of II. K. Production 151j
Average Cost per listed foot
99.44
63.80
52.80
101.97
86.14
102. 08
105.82
101.09
102.85
38. 50
98. 33
102. 30
1715.62
843.06
514.45
1019.03
874.31
1166. 21
956.88
1995.74
2333. 48
194. 21
1027.36
2478.77
1.72
1.41
1.06
1.02
1.25
1.17
.96
2.00
2. 33
.48
1. 03
2.48
1.18
1159.62 16271.99
HOME MODEL NEGATIVE EII3I SUBJECTS
AUGUST 1912
Kitty at Boarding School
How Bobby joined the' C*rcus
Widow’s. Second Marriage
TOTALS
Seay 82 7147 650 5894 167.96 557.50 82.33 218.79 1026.60
" 71 7124 680 4678 130,47 215.00 361.39 178,72 886,68
« 86 7142 650 4168 118.79 342. 00 89.88 21B.8B 766.49
1950 14640 417.24 1114.80 833.57 613.36 2678.67
Total Cost as per above
One-half of which is ohargable to Regular Production
Total number of feet of listed length
Total Cost
Average Cost per listed foot
21.26. 195.03 1242.89
18.34 168.22 1072.14
15.88 146. 58 927.95
55.48 608.83: 3242.98
$3029. 69
1614.86 $1514.84
1950
$3029.69;
1; 66
708 77.88 1165.01
612 67.32 1004.82
619 68; 09 859.86
1939 213. 29 3029. 69
1. 79
1.66
1.32
,
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qttwarY OF TOTAL MOUTH'S PRODUCTION OF BRONX STUDIO
•DnnnTrrvRRS AUGUST 1912 ON p.nlfPLETED PICTURES (Regular Production)
PRODUCER
Stu
dlo
Bo.
Initial Lentil
sb reported
By Bronx
Bo. of feet
of Blank
Film Used
Length of
Foreign
Negatives
Length of
Regular
Negatives
Total Length
Regular & For¬
eign Negatives
#
Wastage
No. of feet
■ Listed Length
Total
Cost
Cost per Ft.
Listed Length
Average Cost
per foot
BRABIN
1113
2264
4528 .
928
928
1856
1000
1166.21
1.17
1131
2664
5128
893
897
, 17 90
1000
1027.35
1.03
1121
.3664
7128
930
950
1860
—
1000
2478.7 7
2.48
—
8392
16784
2751
2756
5506
67. 2$
3000
4672.33
- -
1.56
BRAUTIGAM
1134
1562
3124
360
353
703
77.46*
400
194.21
.48
.48
SHAW
1026
2656
5312
904
904
1808
1000
1715.52
1.7 2
1106
2641
6282
927
924
1861
1000
1019.03
1.02
1112
2464
4928
962
936
1898
1000
956. 88
.96
1103
4118
8236
919
919
1838
—
1000
1995.74
2. 00
—
11879
237 58
3712
3683
7 396c
68.8#
4000
5687.17
1.42
WILLIAMS
1040
1513
3026
580
566
1146
600
843.06
1.41
1043
1138
2276
480
467
947
490
514.46
1.05
1042
2062
4124
774
669
:j 1443
7 00
874.31
1. 25
• 1101
3922
7844
936
960
1895
1000
2333. 4B
2. 33
'1044
2297
4594
960
960
1 1920
_
1000
1152.98
1.15
—
[ '
10932
21864
3729
3622
7351
66.4#
1 3790
5781.28
1.51
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Finanzierungen Ron .Thorny A. Pdiuon,
flssociationen.
_ _ _ Orange,, N. J.
JOear Sir:
We take pleasure herewith in referring to your
letter of August 31 et, in whioh you state that Mr. Ediaoh would like to
see the writer at his laboratory, tfhe writer has not palled because
he wub expecting one of the directors of tke Hbroid domphny — cbntrolling
the moving picture film and artificial silk patents*--- in this city for
the last two weeks. He just heard that he will arrive to mdrrow morn¬
ing. He is the representative of the London Chamber of Commerce to the
International Congress of Chamber of Commerces, His stay in Hewlfork
will therefore b* very limltjed, and w» will thank you for being informed
by. you 9 t your earliest ponvenienop if an appoinjtpeni with ftf. Edison
can be arranged for Wednesday or Friday, (if possible Friday).,
Jhanking yoju fpr the favor pjf an early early reply, we
are,
T°urs ysry tpuiy.
. September 16 , 1912
The writer just finds out at 5.30
V ,M. that an appointment can also be arranged for
Thursday.
Thanking you for the favor of an early
reply , we are
Yours very truly
Firm if Julius W. Bier-
by
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Messrs. Wehor: Wetzel:
Ohio! Engineer Hutchinson advises that the
acetylene generator now in stoo* for Home Picture ,
suitable end oannot he used for the purpose lntondoa.. IhlQ Tail
nrovont our any shipments of Homo Pioturo M&ohlnea with
X"3.»s bioomi 5”2£1?sjausSt,''1'tl‘
Isf S ZSSxhz 5U-
to -use oare in handling it.
9/18/12. , C,,H,W*.
Copies to Messrs. 12di/on: Dyer: Maxell: Earroll: Hatchinoon.
THE CELLULOID COMPANY
i|*
10 WASHINGTON P
i SOS Funny Stoke
Newark, n. J., September 19th, 1912.
iCT ^
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Edison Laboratories
Y/est Orange,
Dear sir:-
oe bsi'.errr:. - «. - ■ ^
On September 6th we wrote you stating that we-nad Bent
you six celluloid tubes in an unseasoned condition aflff'wrappedi n
cloth to keep them clean. We now send you six sirailg^ubes
which have been’ thorou^ily seasoned in their clothf
i . ■ osj j.rryo a ; J.06B r-o -o;:-; - T**
That is, the wrappings have not been removed; therefore, the
tubes should be perfectly clean, on the outside at least.
„\s r .sruSc fours truly.
jtcSU.
" MAEAGER.
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Memorandum
September 20, 1912.
Mr. Edison:
I hand you herewith first draft of proposed contract
on the Kinetophone with the American Talking Picture Co.
This concern has just been organized in How York by the
principal men in the United Booking Co. , which I understand con¬
trols the principal vaudeville theatres in this country.
JThe United Booking Co. is prevented by its charter
■cm doing anything, e^ap^J theatrical agency business; conse*
lantly, the men wh/run/it (Messrs. Keith, Proctorjau£dao^
U ^Mbsidiar^__cfliweTrrS-?orhandlin6 othe^\
* 5«jof hjfainess .^luc^astheownership of theatres, etc. \J)>
* \ Yc/w^L* nod that the present contract provides
y y o/We o/ober 1. 1912, they are to turn over to
V / ya^emanC y/fh tSfeatreB aggregating §10.000 per week, which/l ^
inwwill be sufficient security. _
^ / I presume the contract, as the result of negotiation,
may be changed in some slight particulars, but I am strongly
hopeful that it can go through in substantially its present
form if approved by you.
Please read over the contract and I will try to answer
any questions you may have to ask concerning it.
EID/IWW 1,4 %<K
FLOYD F. TODD
Mr. Thomas A. Edison*
Orange* H. J.
My' Dear Sir s
Fores! City, Pa. September 26, 1012.
r^/
h
From your letter of the 19th inst. 0 note that
you are interested in sterosoopic effect, and upon thiB ground I amt
taking the liberty to portray to you what I believe to be an entire¬
ly new discovery in this line.
My discovery in principle is identical with the
plan upon which moving picture are made to appear realistic. Each
picture appearing of itself ho more in sterosoopic effect than does
a single film picture appear in motion. But by consecutive pictures
the effext is re -produced.
Make this experiment:
With a good viewfinder held rigidly in the hands
before you, while standing, and noteing the immage it will be obser¬
ved to be lacking in steroscoptic effect. But now — still holding
the arms rigidly before you --rock the body from side to side over
a radius of two or three inches and note the effect closely. The
motion should be as steady and as parallel as posible of about once
per second. A little practice will brihg out a very dear and true
sterosoopic effect. For best results the foreground Bhould be from
15 to 20 ft. from the oamera, while a scene ksbh containing a dis¬
tant perspective, or trees and shrubery bring out the effect most
perfectly with a small finder.
For my own observation I constructed a large finds
and gave it motion upon a rigid foundation. This is the plan that
should be carried out — working automatically — while a moving
picture was being taken.
What is your conception of this' plan?
Tours very truly,
Dr.
TAE.FFT
Optometrist
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MR. EDI SOM'S MOTES
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MACHINES
Edison will carry a stock of machines. The machines
will he rented to Murdock's Company at §10.00 each per
week. One year's rent per machine to he deposited .with
Edison in advance. V/hen & machine is finally given up hy
the Company, the accrued rent will he deducted .and the
balance returned to the Company. Minimum periods of rental
per machine to he not less than six months. Edison is to
he guaranteed at least §10,000.00 a week, payable weekly,
as advance rentals on account of machines.
■FUJI SERVICE
Film service to he organized and conducted on regular
exchange plan hy an Exchange to he organized hy the Company.
MAKING NEGATIVE FILMS
Negative films are to he made in a studio which Edison
will furnish. Edison will also furnish, at his own expense,
the necessary apparatus together with photograph and phono¬
graph operators for making negative films and original
records.
Salaries of actors, singers, scene painters, and all
other expenses of producing negative films and original
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records are to be paid by the Exchange, but Edison v/ill
allow the Exchange on account of its office expense and
expressage, $2,000.00 a week out of the guaranteed $10,000.00
for rental of machines. Thus, the only investment on the
part of the Exchange is the money it expends for salaries, etc.
in producing subjects beyond the $2,000.00 weekly allowance.
POSITIVE EIEKS
All positive films will be made by Edison.
The Exchange will purchase the positive films from
Edison at ten cents per foot, which price will include a
phonograph record for each film.
OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM
Say, for example, that six subjects are made per week,
at a cost of $750.00 each, making an aggregate of $4,500.00
a week. To start with, it would be advisable to have six
weeks' supply ahead, which would make an investment of
$27,000.00. This would be reduced by the allowance of
$2,000.00 a week by Edison, aggregating $12,000.00, making
the net investment $15,000.00.
This would make thirty-six subjects to begin with.
Uaking six duplicates of each of these subjects would give
216 films. Suppose 100 theatres were started on the exchange
system, each theatre would have two subjects to begin with.
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This allows two clays for film and record to reach the next
theatre getting service.
In the General Film Company, they have 4/lG reel per
theatre always in circulation, hut they give two every night.
Hence, 2/l0 reel per theatre may he all right where only one
reel is given every night, providing there are enough centres
of distribution. As there will he less points of distribution
it may he possible we should have- 4/10 or oven 6/lO reel
per theatre in circulation.
Assuming 4/lO reel, however, then there are 40 reels
in circulation, with 36 subjects out. There would he six
duplicates of each of these 36 subjects, making 216 films
in all, and six new subjects going out in the Exchange every
week, which would be duplicated six times, making 36 new
films a week.
COST EOR 100 THEATRES
Cost of Negatives - 6 © §750.00 each, §4500.00,
Minus allowance of §2,000.00 from Edison - §2500.00
Cost of 36 reels © 10 cents per foot - 1440.00
§3940.00
Dead Cost of film rental on basis of 100 theatres,
without office expense or expressage — - §39.40 each
Rental machine
Weekly, each
10.00
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COST FOP SOP THEATRES
Co st of negatives - 6 © $750.00 each, $4500.00
Minus allowance of $2,000.00 from Edison
Cost of 72 reels © 10 cents per foot .
Dead Cost of .film rental on Oasis of 200 theatres,
without office expense or expressage . $26.90
_ 10.00
Rental machine . v/'s'eidy'"each . $56.90
$2500.00
2880.00
"$5380.00
COST FOR 300 THEATRES
Cost of Negatives - 6 @ $750.00 each, $4500.00,
Minus allowance of §2,000.00 from Eaison §2500.00
Cost of 108 reels @ 10 cents per foot 1 §6820.0Cr
Dead Cost of film rental on basis of 300 theatres, ^
without office expense or expressage - . 7 §2^.. 70
_ _ _ 10.00
Rental machine - Weekly, each - $32.70
COST NOR 400 THEATRES
Cost of Negatives - 6 @ $750.00 each; $4500.00,
Minus allowance of $2,000.00 from Edison
Cost of 144 reels @ 10 cents per foot . .
Dead Cost of film tental on basis of 400 theatres
without office expense or expressage — .
$2500.00
5760.00
$8260.00
- $20.60
_ 10.00
- $50.60
Rental Machine
Weekly, each
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OOST EOR.6QO THEATRES
Cost of Negatives - 6 © $750.00 each, $4500.00,
Minus allowance of $2,000.00 from Edison - $2500.00
Cost of 216 reels @1 10 cents per foot - - 8640.00
$11140.00
Bead Cost of film rental on basis of 600 theatres,
without office expense or expressage — - - - $18.50
Rental Machine — . - . lOvOO
Weekly, each . . . $28.50
COST FOR 800 THEATRES
Cost of Negatives - 6 @ $750.00 each, $4500.00,
Minus allow- anee of $2,000.00 from Edison - $2500.00
Cost of 288 reels © 10 cents per foot - 11520.00
$14020.00
Bead Cost of film rental on basis of 800 theatres,
without office expense or expressage - $17.50
Rental Machine - - 10.00
Weekly, each - $27.50
COST FOR 1200 THEATRES
Cost of Negatives - 6 @ $750.00 each, $4500.00,
Minus allowance of $2,000.00 from Edison - $2500.00
Cost of 432 reels © 10 cents per foot - 17280.00
$19780.00
Bead Cost of film rental on basis of 1200 theatres,
without office expense or expressage - $16.48
Rental machine - - - - 10.00
§26.48
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Thus, with 100 theatres, dead cost is $49.00 per week
Thus, with 1200 theatres, dead cost is $26.48 per week.
Any plan to sell films and records to the theatres is
prohibitory as to cost, as very little calculation will
show .
The profit to Murdock's Company is the extra rent over
the $10.00 per week, plus the profit made by the film rental
Exchange. The only chance to lose is that the Exchange will
not have the service in a sufficient number of theatres
to get back the investment it makes in producing subjects.
Edison stands to lose if a great number of machines are
rented and he has them thrown on his hands by reason of "cold
feet" on the part of the theatres.
If the service can be put in 1200 theatres and the total
price per theatre for machine rental can be made at
$40.00 per week, the income would be §48,000.00 per week, or
§50.00 per week, the income would be §60,000.00 per week,
from which must be deducted office, expense and expressage.
The probability is that some theatres will pay much more,
and none probably less than §40.00 per week.
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EXCHANGE AND STUDIO
A good film exchange man would he needed to operate
the Exchange.
At the Studio, two or three good producers, familiar
with stage practice, would he required. Add to these some
actors and actresses with good articulation, and the trick
would he done.
She firattr,2B Kinetophones will be complete a. within the next
few days, with the exception of the cabinets and a few parts which
have reoently been changed or for which we have as yet received no
instructions from Higham or Eggleston. As soon as this information
is received, work will be puBhed on them. The cabinets will be
finished by the time required. _ , _ _
• We are alBO proceeding with the manufacture of 75 additional
machines, making a total of 100, as rapidly as possible. These you
will understand are being made by hand or with temporary tools.
FLOYD F. TODD
Forest City, Pa. October 7, 1912.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
My Dear Sir:
On the 26th Ult. I wrote you concerning my discovery
in producing SteroBCopic Effect; disclosing my invention' and requesting
that you give my plans a trial. To date I have received no reply to
my letter.
I expect to he in Mew York the first of next week
and would like to arrange for an interview about Wednesday the 16th.
May I have your immediate reply before I leave
for New York.
Yours very truly.
fft/tae
Optometrist ■
Messrs. Gall: Chompson: Pelser:
It has been forma, that of the 1B0
•dIo tuxes already olassified and listed fox tho Homo Kinetosoope,
a pertain percentage of thorn ought not to he used because of tho
negative boing In such shapo that coodposltivoprlntsoannot
be obtained. !£o romody this the negatives of all those subjeots
are to bo gone over by Call or someone he appoints and snoh ones
as are unsuitable olthor from a photograpMo point of view or
bocauso of tho nogatlvo boing soratohod or In bad shape are to
bo thrown out. Che Palos Popartmont is to reoolvo a list of
tho subjects thrown out and they will then notify tho trade
that thoso particular subjoots will bo out from tho liBts already
owwerninff the listing of now subjects, tho following method is
Cho^Salos1 Itopt will furnish to tho Ploturo flopt. a list of
subjects as thoy would lifco to have made up. Sho K>Pt*
77111 then go ovor tho negatives of thoso subjects and if they •
are found to bo all right, thoy will male© up a positivo of oaoh ono
nr»fl if they oomo out all right, tho 3olos Popt. will bo advised
that all subjects solooted aro O.K. for listing. If, nowovor, it
is deoided by the Picture Pepartroont that negative is not in
sufficiently good shapo, thoy aro to advise the Chios x,opt. and
other subjects are to be selected end gone oyor in tho same manuor.
If tho Picture Popartmont finds that somo subjects a_o: in their
opinion padded too much or if oortain letters or titles have to
bo rewritten to msko thorn shorter or in_ony way ohongou whwoby
the length of tho film would bo affootoa, they are to notify tho
Salos Apartment end such pictures aro to brought boforo a oommittoo
consisting of Messrs. Polzer, Gall and Ehompson, who _will dooido
what scenes to out out or What changes to bonadcani ‘*Gttho
length of the film will finally bo, after which they con be listed
the monufaetriro of positive prints proocedocL ^slth-
'10/16/12.
Liopios to Messrs,
. Edij/n
O.H.V/.
Eyor: Hutchison.
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IAGHKEMEHT made this 19th aay of Ootobor, 1912,
between THOMAS A. KPISOH. IHCORPORATKD . a corporation
duly organized under the Ibwb of the State of Hew Jeraey,
hereinafter called the "leBSor" and AiffiKICAli TAhKIflO-flOTUHE
80MPAHY . a corporation duly organized under the laws of tho
State of Hew York, hereinafter oalled the "lessee”,
-nillESSEIR-
WHBHBAS, tho leotior ie engaged in tho manufacture
of certain apparatus adopted to bo used for tho representa¬
tion of Sulking Pioturos, said apparatus comprising Kinoto-
phones and films and records therefor* said films and
records being hereinafter referred to os "Kinotophone films
and Kinetophone records” , and each Kinetophono including
on Edison Underwriters’ Type ”B" Kinetosoope, a spooial
loud talking phonograph and a synchronizing device, said
apparatus being manufactured under certain letters patent
I of tho United States,* and sIbo ombodying inventions for v/hicl
letters latent are about to be or havo been applied for in
the Dominion of Canada, umong which said letters Patont
and Applications are the following: -
Patent Ho. 604,740, granted Hay 31, 1898;
I Potent Ho. 998,671, granted July 18, 1911;
Patent Ho. 1,031,339, granted July 2, 1912;
I Patent Ho. 1,036,236, granted AugUBt 20, 1912;
Application Serial Ho. 323,270, filed Juno 26, 1906;
Application Serial Ho. 461,869, filed Hovomhor 10, 1908;
Application Serial Bo. 600.417, filed June 5, 1909;
Application Serial Ho. 644,682, filed August 17, 1911;
Application Serial IIo. 697,839, filed May 17, 1912; and
lYHKHKAS, the leasee desires to be supplied by
the lessor with Kinetophones, Kinetophone films and Kinoto-
phone records, and desires to acquire tho exoluBive right,
license and privilege to lease and use and to license
others to lease and use said apparatus throughout the
United States and Canada;
H0W, THKKEFOKE , in consideration of the promises
and the mutual promises hereinafter contained, it is
agrood as follows :-
FIRST: - The lessor agrees to furnish, lease
and deliver to tho leBsoe, its nominees and sub-lessees,
completo ready for installation and oonnootion, and tho
lessee hereby agroes to accept, hire and use fifty (50)
said Kinetophones, delivery of said Kinetophones to begin
Deoember 16th, 1912, and to oontinue thereafter as rapidly
aB the manufacturing conditions of the lessor will permit,
but not to exceed ten (10) of Bald Kinetophones per week.
The lessor further agrees that in case the lessee shall
at any time hereafter provide a place within the City of
Hew York, together with apparatus uuitable for the instal¬
lation and demonstration of one of said Kinetophones, the
lessor will upon notification thereof, osubo tho said
Kinetophone to be set up in a manner suitable for demonstrat¬
ing purposes. The lessor hereby grantB to the lessee, its
nominees and sub-ieBseo, for the term and subject to the
conditions hereinafter Bet forth, the exclusive right,
license and privilege to use said Kinetophones and the
2.
Xinotophono films and Xinotophono rooorao to be furnished
for use therewith as herein provided, in the United States
and Canada.
SKCOijB:- In consideration of said right,
lioonao and privilege and the promises of the lessor horoij.
contained, the lessee promises and agrees to pay to tho
lessor for the uso of each of said fifty (60) Kineto-
phonoo, tho sum of Two hundred dollars (§200) per week
for and during each week of the term of thiB agreement
thereafter, payment to oomaonoe, in tho ease of deliver¬
ies East of tho Mississippi River one week after delivery
and in the oase of deliveries dent of the fiiSBippi River
two weeks after delivery. The lessor further agroes
that if tho lessoo desires to hire, use or sublet more
than fifty of said KinotophoneB, it will, upon notico
from tho lessee, furnish, lease, and deliver to BUid
lessee, its nominoos or suh-lOBBees Buch additional
Xinctophonea as the lossee may require , with tho right,
lioonoe nnd privilege to use said Kinetophones in oxooss
of tho fifty agreod to be aocepted nnd hired as afore¬
said, and tho loBBee agrees to aocopt and hire Bttid
additional XinetophonoB nnd to pay for tho use of the
same as follows:- Per tho use of each of the first
one hundred and fifty (160) of said Kinotophonos in
©xooss of the fifty (60) aforesaid, the sum of Three
hundred dollars (§300) per annua and for eaoh additional
Xinetophone, that is to say, those in exoosB of two hun¬
dred (200), the sum of Pour hundred dollars (§400) por
annua, payment for tho use of oaoh of Bald Kinotophonos
in exoosB of fifty (60) to be made ns follows:- One
weok after delivery a payment of one-half the annual
rental for tho uso thereof for the first six months
I and at the expiration of the said period of six months
the su# of Twenty-five dollars (§85) per month for each
of the one hundred and fifty (1BO) Xinetophonoe in excess
of tho first fifty (50) and Thirty- three and 33/100 Dol¬
lars ($33.33) per month for eaoh additional Xlnetophone
in oxoess of the first two hundred (BOO)p said monthly
payments to he made so long as eaoh Bald Xlnetophone
in oxoess of fifty (BO) shall remainnthe possession of
tho said lessee, its nominees or suh-leBBees. Tho lessee
l| shall havo tho right to discontinue tho use of and return
I • to the lessor any of said additional Kinetophones upon
which a rental for at least one year has been paid, except
1 as hereinafter otherwise provided. It is mutually
I agreed that the lessor shall make delivery of Xineto-
| phonos and Xinotophone films and sooordB to uny plaoe in
tho United States or Canada that tho lessee may direct,
I by freight or expreBB as tho lessee may designate, but the
I lessee shall pay the oost of transportation or delivery
I thereof from Orange, Hew Jorsey. The lessee agrees
at least onoe a month to keep the lessor informed of
tho places whore said Kinotophones are installed from
time to time.
| THIRD: - The lessee agrees not to ubo or
permit to be used in or in oonneotion with any Kineto-
phono leased hereunder any film or record for talking
pictures oxoept such au shall bo furnished by tho lessor,
and the lessor agrees to furnish, lease and deliver to
the lesnoe, its nominees and aub-losseeB, and tho said
I leasee, for itself and its Bald nominees and sub-lossees,
agrees to aooept, hiro and use Xlnetophone films and
Xlnetophone records sufficient for the presentation of
4.
two subjects per week. The leaseo agrees to pay to the
lessor for the use of said films and reoords seven cents
(7<5) per linool foot for the films and one dollar (§1)
each for the records, in addition to the amounts above
provided. It is mutually understood that u record of
such else kb to require apiiroxlmately six minutes for the
reproduction of the Bounds recordod upon it and a film
containing piotures adapted to bo exhibited in synchronism
with the sounds produced from said reoord shall consti¬
tute a Kinotophone rooord and film of one subject,
nothing in this ngreenont contained shall prohibit the
lessoe, its nominees and sub-lessees from exhibiting any
licensed film of ordinary pantomime moving pictures furn¬
ished by a licensee of the Motion Picture Patents Company.
yOUKCH: - Che lessor agrees that the lesoeo
shall have the benefit during the term of this agreement
of all improvements, ohanges or additions to said Klnoto-
phonos, films and reoords under any patents and inventions
wfcioh the lessor may at any time in .the future during tho |
continuance of thin agreement own or enquire, and further
ugreas to incorporate such iwprovome nts , ohangos and addi¬
tions, whore it is commaroitlly practicable to do so, in
all now Kinetophones, films and records which may be hcro-
nftor dell vo red to the leBseo, its nominees , or sub-lessees.
Should tho lessor exeroiee tho option hereinafter roferrod
to, of terminating tho present exclusive lioenso, tho
I lessor agrees that the Kinetophones, filmB and rocords
thereafter supplied to the lessee, its nominees and sub¬
lessees shall embody all inventions and improvements that
may bo incorporated in any Kinetophones dolivorod to any
other user in tho United Statos or Canada. Che lessor '
&.
further agroos, at its own oost and exponso, to replace
worn, broken or dofootlve parts whenever nooeotmry, ’.mless
broken or Injured through the crtrolossnoss or nogleot of
the lessee. Its nominees or sub-lessees or other agents or
servants, and if broken or injured through Buoh oureless-
noss or nogleot the lessor agrees to repair or replace the
sane at a reasonable ohargo therefor to the leasee; and
the lossee agrees not to make or allov/ to be made any
additions, subtractions or alterations to, from or in the
apparatus loaned hereunder or any part thereof without the
consent in writing of the lessor*
?I?TU: - It is mutually agreed that if
through no fault of the lessee, its nominees or eub-lossoe !
any Kinetophone loosed hereunder shall break down or fell
to work, the royalty or rental for the dso thereof shall
oeasa until such time as said Kinotofhone is put la working
order by the lessor or lessee, provided, tho losooe, its
nominees or suh-leseoes, notifies the lessor of such break •
down or failure to work within twenty-four hours after tho
happening of such event end tho cost of making the noooon-
ary repairs or of putting said Kinetophone in working
order shall bo borne and paid by tho lessor.
SIXTH:- It Is mutually understood and
agreed that the Kinotophones , films and reoords leased
hereunder shall at all times remain and bo the sole and
exclusive property of tho lessor, and tho lessee, its nomi¬
nees unfl suh-lesseea, shall have no right of property
therein except the right, lioonse find privilege to uee
the some upon the conditions herein contained and subject
also to the following conditions prescribed by the Motion
Picture Intents Company in connection with the lease, withii.
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tho Uni to A Staten of lioaiiBod film:-
fa) That tha lessee, ita nominees or sub¬
lessees, Bhall not Boll or otherwise dispose of said Xinot-
o phone films oulgi&ht.
fb) That the leseoG, ita nominoou or sub-
lessaos shall not make or permit others to make any "dupe"
or spurious copy of said films.
fo) That the lenoeo shall permit tho use of
said Kinotophone films only in oonnootion with n thoatre
or place of exhibition licensed by tho Motion Picture
Patents Company.
(4) That tho lessee, its nominees or sub-
la oseos shall not remove the trademark or trade -name or
title from said film; and
(a) That tho loanee shall return to tho
lessor all Kinotophone film or equivalent Sootago thereof
at the expiration of seven months from tho dato of its
lease or delivery to the lessee, its nominees or sub¬
lessees.
SKVKUTH:- The lessor agrees' that it will
seouro from the Motion Picture Patents Company un exohange
license giving to the lessee the right and privilege to
lease Kinetophonoa and Kinotophone records and filmB to
theatres and other places of exhibition licensed or to bo
licensed by said Motion Picture Patents Company and that it
will not permit said exchange license to be changed, revok¬
ed or cancelled so long as it is within lessor fs power to
prevent it, provided, however, that if the lessee shall be
guilty of a flagrant violation of this agreement and shall
continue said violation after having received ten dayB
written notice from the lessor thereof, the lessor shall
7.
fcavti tho right to prooure or oaune said exchange license
to he revoked or otmoallod. She said exchange license
to he granted the lesBea to ho as to terms and conditions
as favorable os tho licenses heretofore granted by the said
Motion Picture Patents Company to said other licensed
exchanges, with the exception, howev.r. that it shall ho
limited to the doing of an exchange business in oonncotion
with said Kinetophonos, records and films, and the lessor
agrees that if any lioenso of any theatre or place of
exhibition shall ho terminated or eonoolled by said Motion
Picture Patents Company whorein a Kinetophone is leased
hereunder at-a-rental-ef-Shree-h=iBdred-del?ass-($aeoi-er
seur-hnndred-dellaars-^duo^-ser-annuH no payment of tho
weekly royalty or bonus on the Kinetophone used in said
theatre or plaoe of exhibition shall he payable to the
lessor during tho period that it may he in non-uso and if
the lessee shall have made any advance payment thereon,
the unused or unearned royalty or rental so paid shall ho
returned to the lessee, hut the lessoo agrees that it will
use its best efforts to sublet or replaoe said Kinetophone
in homo other theatres or place of exhibition licensed hy
the Motion Picture Patents Company, hut it in mutually
agreed that if tho lessee shall fail in such effort it
ahal 1 have the right to return said Kinetophone and he
repaid any and all unearned rental or royalty advanced
thereon os aforesaid.
EIOHSH;- She leBBor agrees that it will, at
its own cost and expense, defend and protect the leBBoo, its
nominees and sub-lessees in tho use of suid Kinetophonos,
films and records leased hereunder throughout the United
States and Canada against any and all suits for infringe-
8.
mont based on the uao of said Kinetophones, films and
records or any of them, except Buits or other actions for
infringement of copyright bseed upon the manufacture or
exhibition of films and reooras offorea by and manufactured
for tho lessee as hereinafter provided. She lessor
furthre agrees, at its own cost and expense, to prosecute
suits againBt, infringers of its patents on tho apparatus
leased herounder as may be necessary to eeoure to the
lessee the full enjoyment of its righto under this agree¬
ment. Should the lessoe request the lessor to proseoute
a suit against any apparatus which the lessor may not con¬
sider to be an infringement of its patents tho lessor may
dooline to do so. and in that oaae or if the lessee shall
negloot to commence proceedings within thirty days and
diligently proseoute said aotion, the lessee Bhall bo
privileged to proseoute suoh suit in tho name of the
lessor, and the lessor agrees to give to the lossoo overy
reasonable assistance in connection with, the conduct
thoroof. In any suit 30 brought and prosecuted hy the
lessoe the lessee shall pay tho entire ooBtis and expenses
thoroof; but in tho ovont that the lessee shall seoure
in such suit a final injunction enjoining tho infringer
from further infringing acts the lessor agrees to reimburse
to the lessee the costs and expenses paid by the lessee
in oonnootion with the conduct of Buch suit. The losBor
I hereby warrants its right to grant to the loBsee the right,
lioonso nnd privilege heroin granted, and further agreos
to execute any and all other licenses or othor doouments
which may bo neoessary to oonvoy to tho lessee, its nomi¬
nees or sub-lessees tho right to use said Kinetophonos ,
filmB and reoordB, subject to tho terms and conditions of
Ithio agreement, throughout the United States and Canada.
9.
HIIIIHi - Che lessee hereby admitB the
validity of all the hereinbefore mentioned lottoro Patent
upon the apparatus leased hereundor and agrees not to
contest the validity of any patents whioh may hereafter be
granted upon any of the horoinbeforo mentioned patent
applications, and agrees not to violate or infringo the
same or any of them and not to contest, the validity or
soope of tho claims thereof or the right and title of the
lossor thereto, and not to aid or onoourage others in
doing so, not to manufacture or use or cause to be manu¬
factured or used, except with the consent of the lessor,
any apparatus oovered by said patentB or by said putont
applioutions.
BTSKHIH; - It is mutually understood and
agreed that one of the inducements for the lessee enter¬
ing into this contract Is that it shall have for a limited
period, as hereinafter set forth, the exolusivo right to the
use of said Kinetophones, films and records in tho United
States and Canada, and the lessor hereby grants suoh
exclusive right, license and privilege, subject to the
tanas and conditions herein set forth, to the lessee,
together with the right to sublet such Kinetophonos,
films end records for uee by others; and the lessor hereby
agrees that during the exclusive period of thiB license,
as hereinafter set forth, it will not sell, lease or
lioonse Kinotophones or Kinetophone films and rooords to.
any person, firm or corporation in the United States or
Canada other than the lessee, itB nominees and sub-lessees,
nor during such poriod will it permit any person, firm or
corporation other than the lessee, its nomineos and sub¬
lessees to use any KinetophoneB, films or reoords in the
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United States or Canada; and that it will not itself use
such apparatus for any exhibition of talking pictures in
the United States or Canada during the exolusive period of
thiB agroomont, except at its factory or studios or
elsewhere for demonstration or experimental purposes only,
and the lessor hereby expfessly reserves the right to
manufacture, sell, use. lease and license for export to
all foreign oountries other than Canada, Kinotophones and
Kinotophone rooords and films, including tho right to tost
and demonstrate said apparatus in the United States.
EIf.VF.MTH:- Beginning with the do livery
of the first Ittnot&phonos under this agreement to the
lonsoo, its nominees or sub-lessees, the lessor agrees to
deliver thereafter to tho leasee, its nominees and sub¬
lessees Klnetophone films and rooords for two subjeots
per week thereafter during tho tern of this agroomont,
provided tho lessee shall prior to HllXI-Si&h, 1912,
select tho first tan subjects from a list of twenty
oubjeots with o synopsis of each to he submitted by the
lessor to the lessee simultaneously with the exooution
hereof. Thereafter the lessor agrees to deliver lists
of subjeots with a synopsis of each, before manufacturing
films and records thereflflr, to the lessee . the purpose of
this understanding being that the lesser and lessee
shall oo-operate closely together to produce desirable and
entertaining subjects for exhibition on the Kinotophone.
Tho lessor agrees at any time after March 1st, 1913, and
during the term of this agreement, to manufacture Kineto-
phone films and records of any subject offered by the
lessee for the purpose of presentation by said Kinoto¬
phones. and in any and all such oases the lessee shall he
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responsible for the eoting and for the recording qualities
of the voioes of the talent representing suoh subjeots; ana
the lessor shall ho responsible for the quality and ohar-
aoter of tho phonographic work, staging, synchronizing
and photography, it being agreed that whenever tho lessee
furnishes subject matter and the talent for any subjects to
bo mode by the lessor tho lessoe shall pay the entire ooBt
of tho some , exoopt that no charge shall bo made by the
lessor for tho use of its studio, lights, properties or
malca-ups of its own ana for toohnioal assistance, but the
negatives of suoh suhjeots shall bo and remain the oxolu-
sive property of the lessee and the lessor shall have no
right to make prints therefrom v/ithout the oonsent of the
lessee. For any subjects so made at the request of the
lessee the lessor Bhall oharge seven cents (7/S) per lineal
foot for positive film and One dollars ($l) each for reoordB,
in addition to tho royalty or bonus above provided. Tho
lessor shall not bo obligated to mako films and reoords of
subjects for the lessee in exoosB of its reasonable and
convenient studio facilities, but it agroeB that its stu-
Ootobor
dio facilities after January 1st, 1913, will allow of at
least four subjeots per week in addition to the two it is
obligated to furnish. Tho lessee hereby agrees to assume
and does asaime all liability and to reimburse the lessor for
any fine or reoovery whioh may be had against it for
any infringement of copyright lnourred through the manu¬
facture or exhibition of films or reoords used in the
produotion or representation of BubjeotB offered by tho
lessee.
ISjKIffTH:- This agreement and the exclusive
rights herein granted shall continue for a period of three
months from the date of delivery of the first Einotophonos
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to the lessee, its nominees or suh-losseoB, provided all
payments required of the lessee are promptly made and all
conditions of this agroemont ere faithfully carried out.
Should the lessee desire to extend the exclusive rightB
for a further period of three months beyond the original
period and Bhall signify itB doBire to do so by notice in
writing givon to the lessor at least thirty days prior to
the expiration of seld original JHMaX. the lessor agrees
to extend the exclusive arrangement for a further period of
three months, providod all payments required of the lessee
have been made during the original period and all the terms
and conditions of this agreement havo been faithfully oar-
riod out by the lessee. Should the lessee deBiro to extend
additional
tho exolusive arrangement for onfiodSinx period of Bix
months beyond such extended period of three months and
shall signify its desire to have this done by notice in
writing served upon the lessor at least thirty days before
tho expiration of said extended period of three months, the
lessor agrees to extend the exolusive arrangement for an
additional period of six monthB, provided all payments
required of the lessee have been promptly made ana all the
conditions of thiB agreement have been faithfully oarrioa
out by the lessee. Should the losBee desire to have the
exolusive arrangement extended for an additional period
of one year beyond suoh extonded period of Bix months and
shall signify its desire to have this done by notice in
writing served upon tho lessor at least thirty aayB before
the expiration of said extended period of anaxjtKXZ^fuvaiidkA
Bix months, the lessor agrees to extend the exclusive arrahge-
ment for an additional period of one year, provided all payments
required of the lesBee have been promptly made and all tho terms
and oonditionB of this agreement^faithfully carried
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out by tho lessee. Should the lessee exercise all the options
above referred to, the exoluBive arrangement heroin provided
will extend for a period of two years from the date of the
delivery of the firBt Kinetophones to the lessee, itB
nominees or sub-lessees. At any time after said exolusive
period of two yearB, the lessor may eloot to market the
Kinetophone in the United States or Canada in other
fields than those covered by the lessee and through
other persons, firms or corporations than the lessee, itB
nominees and sub-lessees as above provided, and the lessor
may signify its intention to do so by three months written
notice served upon the lessee; in suoh oaBe tho lessee
shall have the option (to bo exercised in writing) of re¬
quiring the lessor to oontinue to supply Kinetophones,
films and reoordB to the lessee, its nominees and Bub-
lessees, as above provided, to the extent of as many subjoots
per week as tho lessor may produce and to oontinue to moke
Kinetophone films and records for the lessee of sub jeots
seleoted by tho lessee and with talent furnished by the
lessee as above provided, for a further non-exolusive period
of three years or any part thereof and subject to tho Bame
payments for Kinetophono films and records and for tho rental
of all Kinetophones in excess of fifty as above provided,
except that if the arrangement is made non-exolusive the
lessee shall be required to pay the sum of Two thousand dol¬
lars ($2,000) a week for tho first fifty (60) Kinotophones,
instead of Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per week for the
sarao, as provided in tho exclusive arrangement. Should the
lessor not eleot ut any time after said period of two years
to make tho arrangement a non-oxolusive one, it shall oon¬
tinue as an exolusive arrangement for an additional period of
three years, or any part thereof, subjeot to all the termB
14.
and conditions) of tho exclusive arrangement during the poriod
of two years, at tho lessee's option to he exercised on three
months' written notice.
THIBTEEMTH: - She lesBoe agrees that prior
to Juno 1st, 1913, it will not exploit, lease or lot said
Xinetophone to so-oalled moving picture theatres wherein
the exhibition consists exclusively of moving pictures, or
wherein vaudeville acts are glvon as inoi dents to or supple¬
mentary of motion piotureB, except as in such moving pioture
theatres as are o;uied, operated or controlled by stockholders
of the losses.
EOURTEKHTK:- Whenever in this agreement it
is provided that the lessee Bhall have the option to renew
or extend the agreement by giving notice at a oortnin time,
tho lessor shell remind the lessee of such option and the date
upon which tho same may be exercised.
FlffTBKMIH: - Tho leBBor guarantees that
with tho exeroise of ordinary skill and attention in the
operation of tho projecting moohenism each and every Xinoto-
phone leased hereunder will properly synchronise tho action
of the films and reoords furnished for use therewith and
will oIbo work in all other respects in a satisfactory manner.
In view of the importance of having all exhibitions of tho
Xinetophone as successful as possible, in order that tho
apparatus may he satisfactorily exhibited to the public, the
lessee agrees that no exhibition of the Xinetophone Bhall be
made by any operators except by or under the direction,
aupori vision or instruction of skilled operators who shall
have been instructed by the lessor in tho operation of the
Xinetophone at itB faotory or laboratory at Orange, Mow
Jersey.
SIXTEENTH:- The lessee hereby agrees to
'G
/•S
mako prompt and punotual payment to the lessor of all
monies agreed to he paid hereunder, and in the event of the
failure of the lessee to make suoh paymonts this oontraot may
be terminated by the lessor upon ten days written notioe
addressed to the lessee at its offioe. Ho. 1493 Broadway, How
York City, Hew York. .As oollateral security for tho payment
of suoh monieB tho lessee agrees to doliver to the lessor on
M.G. Movomber 15th,
FID or before Beveaber-lst, 1912, contracts in writing duly exe¬
cuted between tho lessee and the various porsonB, firms and
corporations in the United States and Canada whereby the losBoe
sub-leases to suoh persons, firms and corporations for a period
of at least three months each tho Kinetophonos, films and record^
leased hereunder for the sum of Two hundred dollars ($200) por
week for oaoh Kinetophone (that is, $10,000 per week for 60 Kinet
phones) together with assignments of all tho monies due or to
become due undor Bald contracts duly exeouted by tho lesBoe in
favor of the lessor herein to the extent of the monies whioh
are to he paid thereunder for tho first three monthB of suoh
oontraots, and tho lessee agrees to assign all rightB in and
to said contracts to the lessor to the extent last providod, so
that tho lessor may at its election oarry out and reoeive the
"benefits of said oontraots should the lessee default in any
payments to the lessor or require the cancellation of the present
controot by reason of any breach thereof, hut until default by
tho Iobuoo hereunder, the lessee shall have the sole right to
colloot the monios duo or to hcoomo duo under said assigned
oontraots and the lessor agrees not to attempt to oolloot thoroon
oor uBDumo any rights undor suoh assignment until Buoh default,
if any. Upon tho assignment of contracts aggregating Ten thou¬
sand dollars ($10,000) per week for three months the lessee shall
not be required to make any other or further assignments to
seouro tho lessor hereunder. In the event that the lea see
shall fail to doliver to the lessor on or before Hovomber
1912, the oontraots referred to in this paragraph with assign-
17.
monte thereof duly oxaouted to the lessor as shove provided,
or other reasonable oeourity, the latter shall have the right
to oanoel this agreement upon ten days written notioe addressed
to the leasee at its off loo above referred to.
SEVENTEENTH: - She leBBeo , its nominees and'
auh-lossoea, hereby release the lessor from all oloims for
dnmagos or other liability due to delays on tho purt of the
loosor in the delivery under this agreomant of Kinetophonos,
films und rooords or any of them due to strikes, fireB and
inovitahlo aoeidents end other unavoidable oauseB.
KIG3TKEBTH: - This agreemont shall not ho
binding upon tho losoor until tho supplemental agreement or
addenda hereto appearing on the foot heroof is executed by
John J. Murdock, Edward F. Alhee and Martin Beak, of Hew York
City, and A. Paul Keith of Boston, Mass., and in the event
of a broach or violation of said addenda or supplemental oon-
traot the lossor shall have the right to terminate the present
agreement upon ten days tad '.ten notioe in writing uddressod to
the lessee at its office above referred to.
IB WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused thoir names to be signed and their seals affixed hy
their respective officers thorodnto duly authorised the
day and yoar first above written.
(Seal)
T.A.E.Inc.)
Attest:-
■E. J. Berggren
(Seal )
[ (Amor. T.P.Co.)
AtteBt:-
J. J. Mur do ok
THOMAS A. EDISOH, INCORPORATED,
By _ Prank £• Dyer V\
AMERICAN TA1XIHG-PI0TUHE COEJPAllY,
Bv a. Paul Keith i \
19.
3 TASK OP UK’.? JERSEY )
COUNTY HP ESSEX )
On this 22nd day of Ootober , in the year one
thouuand nine hundred and twelve, before me personally oame
FRA1IE 1. DYER, to he known, who, being by me duly sworn, did.
depose and say, that he resides in tho town of Montclair, Mew
Jeroey; that ho is the IroBldent of THOMAS A. ED1S0H, Ill COR)
PO RATED, tho corporation described in and which executed the
above instrument; that he knows tho seal of said corporation;
that tho eoal affixed to said instrument is suoh oorporato
seal; that it was eo affixed by order of the Board of Direc¬
tors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thoroto
by like order.
J. Almor Heddon
Rotary Public
(notary' a Seal) state of S.J.
STATE OF SRVf YORK )
) as.
COURT!' OF UF.W YORK)
On the 19th day of October, in the year one
thousand nine hundred and twelve, before me personally came
A. "AUi KEITH, to me known, who, boing by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that ho resides in the town of Brookline, 3tate
of Massachusetts; that he iB tho President of tho AMERICA!!
TAIKIHG- PICTURE COMPANY, the corporation desoribod in and Which
executed tho above instrument; that he knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such
corporate soal; thnt it was so affi xed by order of tho Board
of Directors og said corporation, and that ho signed his name
thereto by liko order.
Maurice Goodman
Hotary Publio Mo. 66
Hew York County.
A D D E H D A
19
addenda
AGREEMENT made this 19th day of October, 1912,
hotween THOMAS A. EDISON- INCORPORATED , a oorporation duly
organised andor tho laws of the State of Dew Jersey, of the
firat part, ana John J. Murdook, of Hew York City, Dew York,
A. PAUL KEITH, of Boston, MnsBaohuBotts , EDWARD _ Fj_ALgEB »
Dew York City, Dow York, end MAKSIM BE OK, of New York City.
Hew York, of the second port,
- witmbsseth -
WHEREAS, tho party of tho first part has exeoutod
this day the pjweeeding agreement with the AMERICAN TALKING-
PICTURE COMPANY, upon the representations made Ly tho parties
of tho second part that they, the parties of tho sooona part,
own and control all, or praotioally all, the oepital stock of
the eaid AMERICA!! TALKING-PICTURE COMPANY; ana
WHEREAS, the parties of the seoond part aoBire
to give to the party of the first part the assurance that the
control of said AMERICAS TALKING-PICTURE COM.)? AMY shall not
during tho term of the foregoing agreement pass into other
hands.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the
execution ty the party of the first part of the forogoing
agreement and of tho mutual promises herein oontoined, the
parties have agreed as followB:-
FIRSS:- She parties of the seoond part agree
during the oontinuanoe of the foregoing agreement not to sell
any stock in the AMERICAS TALKING- HCT0RF. COMPANY oxoopt to
each pther or to their assooiatoB in the theatrical business.
She parties of the second part agree that during tho oontinu-
I ance of the agreement the control of the AMERICAN TALKING- ,
PICTURE COMPANY shall remain in their hands. In the ovent Of
■fclie aeath, bankruptcy or insolvency of nny ono of the parties
of the second part, the remaining parties of the Beoona part
agree to uae their host offorts to acquire the stock in the
AMERICAN TAJjKIHG-PICTUKE COMPARY owned by him.
SECOTO: - Should the control of the AMERICAS
T ALEIHG- PI CTREE COMPAHY pass out of the hands of tho parties
of the second part or should any one or more of the parties
of tho second part coll or offer for calc to tho public or to
any person or persons exoopt the other parties of the Beoond
part or his associates in the theatrical business, his stock
in tho Amerioun Talking-Pi oturr Company, the foregoing agree¬
ment hotwoon the party of the firBt part and the American
Talking- Pi otn re Company shnll bo terminable by tho party of
tho first part on ton aoys notice in writing addressed to the
Amerioan Telking-Pieture Company at its office iio. 1493
Broadway, New York City, Row York.
TP iv.TTMKSS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have
caused this agrooment to be executed the day and year first
above written.
( Seal )
{ T.A.E.Ino. )
Attest :-
E. J. Berggren
Secretary.
THOMAS A. EDISOM ■ IHOORi’ORATBD ,
By _ Frank !<• Dyer
Fro si dent.
In the prosonae of:-
A. Paul Keith
J. J . Murdock
W. 3. Waddell •
Harbin Beck
K.-JP. Albeo
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Ootober 19, 1912.
Jmexio.an Talking-Pi oture Co. ,
Do. 1493 Broadway,
Dew Yorlc, ii. Y.
Gentlemen:
”Y^th
Supplementing our oontraot anted October 19th, 1912,
it is distinctly understood and ngroed that, ■ "anything ••con¬
tained therein to the oontrary notwithstanding, you nto to have
the right at any time to furnish us wtor or foaturo aotB,
artists or attractions from which wo agree to manufacture one
or two Kinotophone films and Kinotophone rcoords per- week
a« you any desire. She celeries of such star -or foature
subjects so furnished shall he paid hy you and all other cost
in connection with tho manufacture of such Kinotophone filraB
and rooorda ahull ho paid hy us, in addition to which we agree
to pay to you the sum of $500.00 for each such subject, hut
the negatives thereof ehnll he ana remain our exclusive proper¬
ty with the exclusive rights in us to make prints therefrom.
Such Kinetophone films and rooorda shall ho in lieu of tho
films and records which we would otherwise he retired to
furnish, us provided in paragraph "THIRD" of said agreement,
to the extent of the number of subjects fttmishod hy you.
You are to pay for tho uae of BUeh positive films and records,
seven* cents (?/) per lineal foot for the films and One dollar
($1) each for the reoordB provided in said agreement.
■This supplemental agreement does' not affect tho
provisions in Parugraph "SlEYEHfH" of said agroomont concern¬
ing orainury hub jeots whioh you may ’require us So- manufacture.
You are to assume all liability and to reimburse us for any
f ine or: re oo very whioh may he had against uc for any
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
American Calking Picture Co.- 8.
infringement of copyright inoar red through the manufacture
or exhibition of films or reoords made of subjeotB furnished
by you.
If thiB understanding is agreeable, please note
your aooeptanoe hereon and return.
Yours very truly,
THOMAS A. EDISON, INCORPORATED,
Bv Prank 1. Dyer
President.
Aooepted Ootober 19, 1918
AMERICAN^ TAUQNQ PICTURE COMPANY
By _ A Paul Keith _
President.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
ih'\ <,
COBTRACT WITH
AliKRIOAH TALKIHO PICTURE COMPABY
1493 Broadway, Hew York.
f>% Territory; Exclusive for United States end Canada.
* Demonstra- We furnish and Install demonstrating apparatus in suitable
f.H tion: plaoe provided by leseee in How York City.
Period of Two years from date of delivery of flrBt Kinetophones,
/^Contract: provided renewal options ere exercised at the end of first
- ; ’ two periods of three months eaoh and at end of first year,
by notice in writing 30 days before expiration.
50 Kinetophones. To bo delivered not exceeding 10 per week.
Upon notice from lessee, we are to deliver to them suoh
additional Kinetophones as they may require.
Deoember 16, 1912— later postponed to Jan. 15, 1913.
Ship not exceeding 10 Kinetophones per week.
Ship two film end reoord subjects per week.
Apparatus 1b leased to them and remains our property.
We delivertat destination, but lessee pays transportation
charges from Orange.
Kinetophones, eaoh
Pilm, per foot
He cords, eaoh
For the first 50 Kinetophones, $200. eaoh per wedk; payments
commence one week after delivery for points east of Mississippi;
two weeks after delivery for points west of Mississippi.
For the next 150 Kinetophones. $300. „per year; one-half tube
paid one week after delivery, for first six months, and after¬
wards at the rate of $25.00 per month^^--^.
For any. In excess of 200 Kinetophones, $400l^pr year, one-half
to be paid one week after delivery, for first Bix monthB, and
afterwards at rate of $33.33 per month^»-<^.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
(K- N^,
1113
COHTRACT WITH
AMEHIOAH TALKIHO PICTUKE COMPAHY
1493 Broadway, Hew York.
Exolusive for United States and Canada.
We furnish and Install demonstrating apparatus in suitable
place provided by leseee in How York City.
Two years from date of delivery of first Kinetophones,
provided renewal options ere exercised at the end of first
two periods of three monthB eaoh and at ena of first year,
by notice in writing 30 aeys bofore expiration.
h Order?*1 50 Kinetophones. To ho delivered not exceeding 10 per week.
P'i crntflts?*11 adaiti?naieKinetophOM?' asetho? My^e quire. .
is ”
- - * Ship two film and reoord subjects per week.
„ Delays in We are not liable for delays occasioned by strikes,
fjq Deliveries: fires or unavoidable aooidents.
v Annaratus 1b leased to them and remains our property.
WeP deliver tat destination, but lessee pays transportation
charges from Orange.
caprices: Kinetophones, eaoh § - --
IS - Pilra, per foot *07
Hooords, eaoh 1,uu
p as.
1 - , 8hlp^<~
’ otafi% will’ begin two weeks from £5
i 1 ^^flfitS,K6ndsyTy:oiao»aiJif''6rriYar of outfit, but if Jrovonus k.%
. begins 4b less time, rentals are to begin when revenue boginsi^l
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Security: As collateral sueurlty for payments, lessee agrees to deliver
to us by Hov. IS, 1912, contracts between them and theatres,
1- whereby Klnetophones ere eub-leased for a period of three
months for the sum of $200 per week for each Kinetophone
($10,000 per week for the 50 XinetophonoB) , together with
assignments of all monies to be paid under Bald oontractn
for the first three months.
Operators: Klnetophones are not to be operated by anyone except
ptg skilled operators instructed by us at our factory.
, fa Installation: We do not install.
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Disoontinu-
anoe of Dae:
Any Xinetophono in excess of the first 60 may be discon¬
tinued end returned after rental of first year has been paid.
H
Hotioe of
location:
They are to notify us each month of the place b where
Kinstorhonos are installed from time to time.
j, Regular First 10 subjects to be solcoted prior to Hov. 15, 1912,
Til Subjects: by lossee from list of 20 subjects with synopBis of each
to be submitted by ub at execution of this. contract.
Thereafter we will deliver to lessee lists of subjects
with synopsis of each before manufacturing Bame.
Special
f.il 3ub.1oots:
a&>o
OeJ-.
We agree to manufacture subjoots furnished by lessee to
the extent of one or two per week, for which we agree to
pay them $500 each. lessee pays talont; wo stand all
other manufacturing oosts. These special subjects to he
in lieu of the two regular subjects whioh would otherwise
he required in paragraph "THIRD". Special negatives to
remain our exclusive property tnd we have exclusive right
to make prints therefrom. For such subjects we oharge
7/4 per foot for .positive printB end $1 esoh for records,
: in addition; to- the- royalty*. ... lessee ;is. to. reimburse us
for any recovery due. to infringement of 'copyright 'oh special
Buhjeots made for. thorn.
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Improvements:
Improvements shell he Incorporated in all now Klnetophones
where commercially praotioahle. Should present exclusive
contract be terminated at the end of two years and they
continuo under non-exolusive arrangement, new- Klnetophones
supplied them are to have same improvements as those sup¬
plied other UBers in United States and Canada.
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Broken or We are to replaoo broken, worn or defective parte whenever
rla Defective neoessary, uhless caused by oarelossness or negleot of
Parte: lessee.
q. itreak-downa: Should any Einetophone break down or fail to work, through no
Kv oarelessnosa of lessee, the royalty or rental ceases until
put in working order at our expense, provided leasee noti¬
fies ue within 24 hours after break-down.
Exhibition in Prior to Juno 1, 1913, looses will not exhibit Xinetophones
P/ S' Moving Ilo- in ordinary moving pioturos theatres, oxoept those controlled
tare Theatres : hy stockholders of lessee.
Motion Picture Exhibit only in theatres licensed by Motion Picture Patents
f,n patents Co. Co. All old film or equivalent footage thereof to be re-
' Bequiroments : turned to ub at expiration of seven months from date of
delivery to lessee.
. Exchange We uro to secure and heve continued for lessee exchenge li-
r.l License: oenso from Motion Picture Patents Co. permitting thorn to
lease Einetophone outfits to licensed theatres. If license
for Einetophone theatres is cancelled, no payment of weekly
royalty shall he paid during period of non-use, and any
unearned advance payment to he returned to lessee, but
lessee must endeavor to place Einetophone in some other
theatre. If that is not possible, Einetophone may be re¬
turned to us and any unearned royalty returned to lessee.
Patont Suits: We protect lessee at our expense against any suits for
infringement (exoept copyright suits on the special subjoots
made for them). ahould they request us to proseoute a Buit
which appears to us doubtful, they may do so at their own
expense, with our aesistanoe, and wo will reimburse thorn if
they win; but if they lose, they stand the expense.
Exhibition of
fit Einetophone
by us: _
We must not exhibit Einetophone, oxoept at feotory, studios
or other places for demonstration or experimental purpoBCB
,only.
Kesoission of Contract may be terminated by us on 10 days written
f fjContraot for notice should payments not be made promptly.
non-payment:
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Renewal; Shis agreement oontinuea for a period of three raonthB from
date of delivery of firat Kinetophoneo; On notioe in writ-
r) ing 30 days prior to termination of that period, agreement
rT/2-, may be extended, for a further period of three months; on
notice in writing 30 days prior to that period, agreement
may be extended for a further period of six months; on
notioe in writing 30 days prior to termination of that
period, agreement may he extended for a further period of
one year — making a total of two years. He are to remind
them of dates upon whioh notiooB of options are to he given
to us.
Option after
Two Years:
Pm
At any time after two years we may eloot to market Kineto-
phones in United States and Canada in other fields and
through other pereons, and oan do bo by giving three
months' notioe in writing. In snoh oase the leeaee may
require us (by notioe in writing) to continue to supply
them for a non-exoluolvo period of three years, subject to
same payments for Kinetophonea, films and reoords and for
the rental of ell Kinetophonea in excess of 50, exoept
that if the arrangement is msde non-exclusive the lessee
shall he required to pay the sum of $E,000 per week for
the 50 Kinetophonea, instead of $10,000 per week.
Should we not exercise option of making arrangement non¬
exclusive after two years, it shall continue ae exclusive
for an additional period of three years or any part
thereof at the leasee 's option, to he exercised on throe
months' written notioe.
o. A. T. P. Co.:
lessee agrees not to let control of American Talking
Picture Co. pass out of thoir hands.
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60 Liberty Street,
New York City.
Bear Sir:--
Your letter df October 28th, addressed to
Mr. Miller, has been referred to me for attention.
Your Bord'id film ie now undergoing a life
test, which consists of putting it through a project-'
ing machine one thousand times at ordinary operating
speed of sixteen exposures per second.
It is attached to a piece of our standard
film for comparison.
Additional tests will be made as the life test
progresses.
. I will advise you when the test has been
finished. ...
Yours very truly.
With reference to the moving picture projd
sition, when I was East I was talking with Mr. Dwyer ah o^
your talking picture invention and he saia that in all
probability the rights of the United States ana Canada, 01
British Columbia, would be taken over by a syndicate al¬
ready formed but that the matter was not yet closed.
I asked him about the rights for the Pa¬
cific Coast, assuring him that I had ample funds to for¬
ward the matter as fully in that territory as any one
oould , but for the reason above mentioned he would not
give me. any information.
While I was at the laboratory I p.ut in
considerable time on the talking picture machine and
tried to acquaint myself fully.with the handling thereof
and I believe learned considerable about Ihow to properly
manage it.
In that same line there has been a propo¬
sition made me to take over on invention for the United
States, the principle being a mechanical governing propo¬
sition for synchronizing the talking and the picture ma¬
chine without the use of a oable.
The way this is put it might be a money¬
making proposition hero and possibly a good business
proposition for me to engage in but I concluded that I
did not propose to engage in anything that might in any
way affect you or your interests. Therefore I write
you to ask whether it will be agreeable for you to have
me take the matter up. If not, I fill, of course, not
do it.
Yours very re speot fully.
1901 Scott Street,
San Francisco, Cal.
JTov.7d/l2
David Patrick. E3g.,
Editor, Chambers Enoynlopodin ,
3559 High St.,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
My dear Sir:-
Ho doubt you reraonber that aono time ago
I furnished yon with articles on the phonograph nnd Kinoto-
acopo for a now edition of the Encyclopedia. At that tirco
yon wroto saying tliat roimmoration therefor would bo sent
lator, and ns I have not boon favored- with any further com¬
munication, I fear that the matter may have been overlooked
and take the liberty of recalling it.
Did yon seo my "Boy's life of Edison"
which was brought out by Harper & Brothers?
Yours very truly,
whh/es
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Please note that horoaftor Hr. Bohr is to tofco charge
of tho receiving of all oolluloid tuhos ena also the ^bippln® haok
of all rebooted ttfbos and scrap oollnloia. Ehis will mafco Mm
responsible for tho ohooMng of weights on notorial rooolvod and
the weighing up of material returned, also the proper tagging of tho
oratoo os to tfhat tho gross, taro and not weights aro, also tho
shipping haok of oratoo.
ll/ ID/ 13. J
copy to Hr. Edison
Minutes of the Meeting of the
Home Kinetoscope Sales raid. Advertising Committee
Held Hovember 15th
at 9:00 A.H.
In the Executive Committee Room
and attend^ljg'
Messrs Wilson, Pelzer, Jarrell , Baldwin, MOOhesney, Berggren and
Maxwell:
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Mr. Maxwell read a letter from B. W. Beadell, Chicago
advising that we equip the Home Kinetosoope with an upper and lower
magazine for the film and enclose the lamp house and rheostat, in a
wire mesh guard in order to ooraply with the municipal regulations
in Chicago.
Mr. Pelzer stated that it would "be impossible to at¬
tach the magazines.
Mr. Maxwell thought that Mr. Beadell’ s suggestions
should he- disregarded and that we should continue our efforts to
convince city authorities that their regulations do not apply to
the Edison Home Kinetoscope.
Mr. Maxwell read. '.a memorandum from Mr. Wilson in
which he stated that he was inifavor of putting "don’ts" in the
instructions.
Mr. Gall said that "don’t a" would fill a volume.
Mr. Pelzer still thought that they would discourage sales. Mr. Mo-
Chesney disagreed. Mr. Maxwell ashed if the traveling men had Been
requested to send us data for "don’t.". Mr. Jarrell said they had
and that one reply had already Been received, it was decided that
a list of "don’ts" would he prepared for the instruction hook and
that they would he edited hy the Committee.
Mr. Jarrell read a report from Hr. Phillips about
Graves, the jobber at Portland, and Eilers, the jobber at Seattle.
Both concerns, which are affiliated, are very sore on the Home
Kinetoscope proposition. They were most intemperate in their
criticisms of the machine, film, the subjects and the price of both
machine and film. Graves at Portland has been advertising for re¬
tail business without results. Eilers used a half page ad, one in¬
sertion, without getting a single inquiry, also sent out one cir¬
cular without results. Both concerns claim to have lost a consider-
able amount of money and desire^ to give up the line as jobbers.
Mr. Phillips has euoeeeded in getting I. K. Gill Company, wholesale
stationers, to take the jobberBhip at that city. Mr. Baldwin
thought we ought to have our man stay right.. -frith the Gill Company
until they were started off in good shape. Mr. Pelzer said that
was his intention. Mr. MoChesney said that his father called on
several Home Kinetosoope dealers while out west recently, and that
all of them said the proposition was no good. Mr. Maxwell asked
if these were phonograph dealers. Mr. MoChesney said that at
least one of them was an optical ggods store in Cleveland. This
store said that they were going to continue to handle the line
but that it was never going to be muoh of a seller. Mr. MoChesney
said that he belieifed circularizing was the best kind of advertis¬
ing for dealers to do and that, from the results dealers are get¬
ting from advertising, he questioned the propriety of our recom¬
mending local advertising to them. Mr. Berggren agreed with this.
It was decided that we would push the use of the three invitations
and continue to urge dealers to send in their lists for circular¬
izing. Mr. Maxwell read letter from the Southern Talking Maohine
Co. in which they assign the absence of takeups and the insurance
as the reasons for their lack of success. Mr. Maxwell stated that
tending the isBuanoe of the new oard by the Underwriters' labora¬
tories, nothing could be done from thiB end of the line on the
Texas insurance question except to urge Texas jobbers and dealers
to demand that their brokers obtain for them permission to use
the Edison Home Kinetosoope without an increase in rates.
Mr. Baldwin wanted to know if the initial purchase
required of dealers was not too large. He thought this was dis¬
couraging some dealers from taking on the line. Mr. Jarrell thought
we had enough .dealers now who do not know how to properly handle
the line. Mr. Pelzer thought that the initial purchase was not too
large, Mr. MoChesney thought we ought to keep the pikers out.
Mr. Pelzer stated that Spoor of Chicago hae for
three years maintained an advertising film department and desires
to enter into an arrangement with ue whereby he can furnieh Home
Kinetosoope printe from hie advertising negatives. Hr. Pelzer
thought this would he a good thing because it would give ue a lot
of business that we could riot otherwise get.
Hr. Harwell was opposed to the idea because it meant
the surrender to Spoor of the advantage that the Home Kinetosoope
gives ue in the advertising field. Hr. Pelzer said we would of
course charge Spoor the long price which we are now getting when we
consent to make Home Kinetosoope prints from negatives made by other
manufacturers.
Mr. Wilson was in favor of making Home Kinetosoope
prints for Spoor. Hr. Jarrell was also in favor of it. Mr. McChes-
ney was not. Mr. Pelzer stated that we couldn't expect to get all of
the advertising film business and that there would be a good profit
in making these prints. Messrs. McChesney and Maxwell thought that
it was quite possible for us to lose more business in this way than
the profits on the prints would compensate. Hr. Pelzer thought the
difference in price would still retain an advantage for us. The
subject was discussed at considerable length. Mr. McChesney finally
withdrew his objections. It was decided that we would make Home
Kinetosoope prints for Spoor and allow him a disoount of 26*. which
the post department says we are well able to allow.
Mr. Pelzer brought up the question of allowing adver¬
tising agencies a commission on advertising film. It was decided
that we would allow them 10*. Mr. Jarrell wanted to know how about
allowing them a discount on machines. Hr. McChesney and Mr. Maxwell
thought this would be inadvisable.
Hr. Maxwell suggested that Mr. McChesney furnish the
Committee with a list of the leading advertising agencies.
Next meeting Monday, the eighteenth, at 1:30 P. H.
WM. MAXWELL
Chairman .
Copies to those in attendance and to Hr. Edison.
November 16 ; 1912 .
Mr . fidlaon:-
Jury baa cabled aa follows :
" Cromelin:
Right but hurry first shipment important
demonstrations taking place in London now Pathe much
Jury •
interested"
Mossrs. Ehilpot: Rohr: ,wnrth : Wetzel: Renbolt: Htrd:
Please note that Mr. Eggleston has been appointed follow¬
up olerk on KLnteophone work, and his duties will he to keep In
olose touch with the manufacturing ends and see that all parts are
brought through at about the same time, so that no delay will take
plaoe In making shipments on account of one part being ready and
another part not ready. Phis means that he will have to follow
up maohines in the machine shop, the mould making in the mould making
department, the making of oommoroial records in Mr. Phllpot's Dept.,
the manufacture of the positive films in Mr. Renbolt "s Dept. Also ■
that all materials neoessary, such as motors, name plates or any otho|r
parts to be ordered from outside are ordered and obtained in time
to prevent any delays.
Please co-operate with Mr. Eggleston to the fullest extent,
so that there will be no slip-up in getting these machines ready for
shipment not later than Deo. 15th, as we are under oontraot to
furnish the first ton of them at that time.
Mr. Ellgeston iB alBO to have oharge of the testing of
all phonograms to bo used with the Kinetophone, also the testing
out of the Zinetophono complete, that is, picture maohines, synchro¬
nizing devioes and phonographs and will also have charge of teaohing
operators how to properly operate the machines for such oonoerns
as we lease them to.
n/lo/12. J O.H.W.
Copies to Messrs. Edison: Wober:
Sir. C. H. Wilson:
Your note to Mr. Hutchison, in
regard to a telephone for use in eonnootion w ith the
K'netophone has boon referred to the writer with a
letter from Mr. Edison, asking to have tho telephone
that I have been adapting to the Dictating Machine
arranged for this purpose.
The writer has conversed with Mr.
Hyam, and it is understood that the telephone wo have
demonstrated to him is satisfactory^*. If you will
kindly give the writer some kind of an order which v;e
can put in our Electrical Department, we can prodnoe
these for Mr. Hyam, according to any rate of delivery
that you require.
Awaiting your further instructions.
HF.LSOJy 0. DTOA1ID.
OC for Mr. Holland, Mr. Hutchla<
Eggleston.
, Kelson & Mr.
llessrs. Plimpton:...Eigham: Renbolt: Wurth: Philpot : Egglost on: Waddell.
BBGABDIHG KIBES OBHOIIE PICSHRES AHD HEOORIS.
Arrangements at present are that the first two pictures and records
will he made at Bronx studio on Sunday, ITov. 25th.
From the master record, Mr. Hicham will maize two sots of ampli¬
fied records, the host ones of each of which are to he sont to Wurth,
from which to make the moulds. She second host of each will he used
for demonstration before committee, consisting of the names mentioned
on this memo., which will meet on Friday evening, ITov. 29th, in Office
Building Committee Boom.
Master records and negative films will ho delivered to Wurth and
Renbolt, respectively, on Monday, ITov. 25th.
Wurth is to immediately begin the manufacture of moulds. Benbolt
is to immediately develop the negatives, and produce from each, one or
two positive films, to be shown in connection with amplified record
above mentioned, at Committee Meeting, Friday ovoning, ITov. 29th.
At this Committee Meeting, it will be decided whether or not the
records and picturos are O.K. in every respect, and if they are, the
work of manufacturing commercial records and positive prints nooessary
to go out with tho first 10 machines will be proceeded with immediately ,
or if for any reason they are not considered satisfactory, all parties
interested will be immediately notified, and the work <£ prod-uoing
commercial records und positive prints will not bo gone ahead with on
these particular subjects.
Shis same course will be pursued with all pictures and records
made, that is amplified records and positive prints will be submitted
and shown to Committee before the actual work of producing them in
quantities is proceeded with.
All hands will please work along these lines and if the matter is
not entirely understood, please confer further with me .
11/22/12. ^
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When Joey was on Time
A Dollar saved is a Dollar Earned
The Winking Parson
His Mother's Hope
No Place for a Minister's Son
Annie Crawls Upstairs
A Proposal Under Difficulties
Saving the Game
It is never too late to mend
The Crime of Carelessness
Y/hat Katie Did
How a Horseshoe upset a Happy Family
An Old Fashioned Elopement
The Mountaineers
He Swore off Smoking
Average Cost per foot $1.15
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Kindergarten Dept Horace Mann School N.Y. 530
The Latest Addition to the U. S. Navy 600
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UinuteB of the Meeting of the V
Home Kinetoecope Sales & Advertising Committe*
Held Deceraher 2nd
at 2:00 P.M.
In the Executive Committee Hoorn
and attended hy
Mesers. Pelser, Jarrell, Baldwin, Berggren, Gall.HoChosney and
Maxwell:
The Committee discussed a circular from Boston Edison
Company in which the latter announce their intention of getting out
icinemaoolor motion pioturee showing the use of eleotrioity, and in¬
vite the exhibitors at the Boston Show to co-operate. Decided that
an effort should he made to get Boston Edison Company to let us
take the pictures in black and white photography.
Text for advertising motion picture ciroular was ap¬
proved and it was decided to print five thousand copies of this cir¬
cular in the form of a four page leaflet. 8-1/fc* x 11- . without il¬
lustrations.
The advisability of sealing films was discussed. Matter
referred to Mr. McChesney to investigate cost and most practicable
method.
Indian Motooycle Company are reedy to order another
thousand foot negative from us.
. Ur. Ives reported that the new pictures are greatly im¬
proved in quality.
DETAILS OH MEXT PAGE.
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Hr. Maxwell called attention to oircular letter from
Boston Edison Company inviting editors at the Show to oo-operate
in a plan to show various uses of electricity by means of kinema-
oolor motion pictures. He thought we should take this matter up
with Boston Edison Company immediately and endeavor to get them to
let us take the proposed pictures in black and white. Mr. Pelser
will get in touoh with them at onoe.
Mr.. Jarrell read letter from Hallberg, the Jobber, de¬
noting phonograph dealers as a class when it came to handling the
Edison Home Kinetosoope.
Br. 0.11 resorted that Hr. Hutchison -a. un«illlno to
hl,„ ..vote « tlx to d..iont»o . xohin. f.r <*• ->”<■«»
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th. MtM and .r. W — » lntereeted In . x.hi«. of ttt. »«•
,t ... doold.d th.t Ur. OX-11 — —th -ith»- Hatohioon.
Bn. Bxrell aut»ltt.a e.py '•* adyertletng »tl»
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th. copy ... x.h dleP«X^ ... .0 »«.» »*»««.
in ehy.rU.lno. By. Pxr.ll «X. »■ **** «““£* $1™
proeented th. >Uht U» « ««— » <»* ■*»*» *“
t.d h, .ur MX. «p=rt.»..- »•
.1.. th. «... Klnotoeoep. «». Order. f» th. fll“
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print fly. theu.xd ..pi., rttheut lll.etr.tl.n. - In th. f.m .
a four page leaflet, B-l/2" x 11".
Mr. Jarrell stated that there was some complaint on the
p«t .. dealer, that J.hh.r. X- «1» xd then .hlpp.d ««
.. dealer.- elder. • He tueght » ».oh. he . o.ed »» t. th.
fllx. nr. Bar-ell th.uoht th.t the eeUl.e .f *»■ «“• t.ndrt
.. « th.tr -earahiltty »* that the «-
ob««. privilege ought to be cuff latent to M 11 objection..
Beragron ... Inllnod to agr.0 Lb tbl.vrl... **“
ia there ... oonalderable trouble and be tb.ogb. lt -.14 be a good
to aged the 111... It .» decided to ft., the natter to Hr.
»..»<. .ub.lt . ..“.bio =»« “*■ °r “ „
...t, » order tb.. tb. .attar. Ight be mere intelligently ....Idee*.
ueCbeeney ..bed .bother tb.r. ... W «**“.
...... of Ellera buelo Houee. Hr. W«U «*».
heard from llr. Philllpe. ™. blnetograpb department .111 prmptly
tb. advertiolng department a. ...» » the, g.t the d.elrrt
information .....ruing tb. pr....t °< «“r. Hue!. H.u.e -
particularly whether they bar. giro, up tb. d..l.r*lp .. -U ..
tb. Jobb. p ^ Mrell oall.4 attention to o.mpl.lut of Hr.
gob...., . tr.r.ling mn f.r Burbe . that »
mould not put in four mfbin.. „ Initial order. « «■ -“•?
that in vie. of our « “W
„g no .bang, fold be mad. at *••»* U tb. 1.1.11 fgm.
Mr. Ives spoke In the highest terms of the new
picture, .biob tb. film dop.r.m.n. 1. getting out.- *•
br. iBm.11 .10* «b«n tb. frying derl...
b. roly for dourer, 1» eu-tltlea. Hr. «# -*»“
promioed for tb. latter p.rt of tb. ,r....t ...b-
Hr. Polaer reported tbat th. Indian Hotocyol. Co.
rely to have anotbor picture «h». Tbl. tbao they .ill -»t
.bout 1000 ft. ^ ^ Baldwin if be M received
oil tb. .....ear, Ufo-Hon on .blob to guot. price, on
.lid... Hr. Baldwin ..id that Hr. Oil hi furnl.b.d tbl. info—
ou„nu...g BOIB; fh. n.c.e.ltr for lieu—-*
prevented a Committee di.oua.l.n of tb. oduo.tl.nal motion picture
aituation, but tbl. ba. been covered by a confer.... between
IveB, Falser arid Maxwell , and the two former are at work on the
subject a selected by Hr. Ives from our professional releasee.
Next meeting Thursday, December fifth, at 2:00
P. H.
Am, Maxwell.
Chairman.
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December 4, 1912.
Mr. H.
Hiller:-
Up until a short time ago you had a man
working for you hy the name of C. E . Marshall. This man
was employed by you in experimenting on a Home Kinetoscope
screen, and, as per my conversation with you over the 'phone
this A.M. ^advise that his time and the time of any other
people engaged on this experiment were charged to our
Experimental Requisition #98.
Inasmuoh as this requisition covers
miscellaneous experimental work in connection with Home
Kinetosoopes for year ending February 28th, and you can
readily understand it is impossible for us to determine
the amount of time and material spent on the soreenB,
consequently I would ask you to kindly let me have as near
as possible the amount of labor and the amount of material
used in connection with the Boreen experiment. ThiB is
necessary owing to the fact that we are now manufacturing
these screens ourselves, and any machinery in connection
with the screens was made in the laboratory, consequently
it is no more than fair that the Edison Phonograph Works
should be billed with the cost of these machines, and the
only way to determine the approximate cost 1b by getting
the above information.
Would also state that I have today taken
up with Mr. HutchiBon, advising him that Marshall is now
working for us, and he stated he will take the matter up
and issue a memorandum whereby his time Bhould be transferred
and should be paid by us.
W.
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The question has again come up as to when we will re¬
quire the first 100 Kinetophonographs , ana also the Beoona 100
now on manufacturing order.
As has been advised a great many times, the first 25
of these machines shouia now he reaay for shipment, ana the
remaining 76 were promised for. January 1st, and must, if possible,
be ready by that time.
The second 100 machines should follow along just as
rapidly as possible and we should have the first 25 of them, if
possible, by February 1st; 25 by March 1st; 25 by April 1st;
and 26 by May 1st.
We will probably have to issue adaitional manufacturing
orders a little later on, as we will perhaps sell, all told, 500
of these machines. Therefore, Otto Weber should proceed with
the tools just as rapidly as possible. In the meantime, how¬
ever, and until such tools are completed, work should be proceed¬
ed with by hand or with the temporary tools. Just the same as has
been done in getting out the first 100 machines, so that the
matter of getting out the second 100 will not be delayed until
all tools are finished.
CHW/IWW ys O' H* w*
(Copy to Mr. Edison)
Messrs. Eggleston, Corbett and Pelzer:
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Referring to Mr. Corbett, who is breaking in
to aot as Inspeotor and Instructor of the Kinetophone, he
should be able to disassemble and reassemble the different
units making up this outfit— that is, the Phonograph,
Synohronizing Devioe and Picture Machine. Quite a number
of the Phonographs have been delivered to Mr. Eggleston in
the Eleotrioal Department. Mr. Eggleston should turn one
of these maohines over to Mr. Corbett, who, under his (Eggleston's)
instructions, will disassemble and reassemble it until EggleBton
is satisfied that Corbett is competent to do this work. Phe
same method should be proceeded with in connection with the
Synohronizing Devioe and Kinetoscope, although I believe that
Corbett is already thoroughly familiar with the KinetoBoope
end of the business.
• She first of next week we will probably have another
man or two to break in, and they should be schooled in exactly
the same maimer as above indicated. Mr. Pelzer will advise
Mr. Eggleston who these men are to be.
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Mr. Eggleston and filej-
In oonneotlon with the 26 alternating
ourrent motors that the Emerson Electric Mfg. Co., are building
for us whioh they expeot on Deoember 14tb, please note that they
will make the shafts parallel with the bottom of the base. They
mention however in their communication the followings
" Ho doubt you noticed that the distance from the
center of the shaft to the bottom of the base on the
alternating ourrent motor is approximately 3/4"
greater than the corresponding dimension on the
direot ourrent motor, and you probably have arranged
to take finre of this. He mention the point, how¬
ever, as we understand from your request that the
bottom of the base be parallel with the shaft that the
motors will be geared and this dimension will there¬
fore be of importance."
I trust that you will therefore consider
this point.
The Emerson people further advise that in¬
asmuch as we were in a great hurry for this first lot of 26 motors
that they are rushing them through the factory furnishing a motor
with shutters, making them all enclosed. However they mean to furnish
motors of this type with solid end covers, making them all enclosed
whioh motors will be very much better for this service. In order to
furnish these motors with the solid end covers it will be necessary
to make special patterns and castings .
HTI/MD H.T. 1EEMIHG.
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Deo. 11, 1912.
Messrs. Pelser, Highsm, Eggleston, Eembolt, Corbett, Thompson:
As the experimental work, design, eta. , on the
Kinetophone outfit has been praotioally oompleted and the work still
to be done in oonneotion with getting it ready for the market iB a
matter of detail— as to how it shall be handled, neoesBary direc¬
tion sheets, eohoollng of instructors, eto. — it haB been deoided
that Mr. Hatehison will take charge of all these matters. Jn
doing this, he will of oourse work with eaoh one of you and obtain
your opinion or advioe on any questions not perfectly clear to him,
but he is to be in full oharge and held responsible for working out
suoh things as the extra parts that should accompany eaoh outfit
to make quiok repairs in oase of break-down; direotion and instruc¬
tion sheetB, photographs, eto., for properly packing and unpacking,
setting up the outfits and repacking them; deoide on when the two
instructors — Thompson and Corbett— are sufficiently sohooled
and oapable of instructing other people; determine with the ss-
siatonoe of Mr. reiser in qhat theatre the first outfit can he set
up in Hew York City, ana then deoiae with the assistance of Mr.
Highmm how best to Bet it up, string the synchronising ooxd,
where the Phonograph will he placed, eto. eto.
In addition to the things above enumerated there will
doubtless several other matters oome up that must ho ^threshed out
and deoided by some one person, and Mr. Hutchison will be the man
to take up and decide suoh matters.
If this memo, is not thoroughly understood, please see
OHJT/lWf 0. H. W.
(Copy to Mr. Edison)
■! Supplementing my memorandum to you of
December 5th in reference to alternating and direct current motorB
for Kinetophone, pleaBe note that in the event of our ordering fur¬
ther quantities from the Emerson people it will he necessary for
them to make special patterns and castings which will take poseihly
two weeks. If there is any likelihood of a rush on these motors
it would be well to get our order in in amnia, time*
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Dec. 11, 1912.
iors. Plimpton, Pclaer, Ecmbolt, Hicham Hutchison:
Please note it has hcon decided to loavo out tho
word "Wonderful" in the title used with Kinotophone pictures,
thereby makinc it rend simply "THE EDISQH KIIIF.T0PH01IE " ,
instead of "The WondonSul Edison Einctophono"; also that
Mr. Edison's picture is not to he used either r.t the finish
of "The lecture" picture or any other ones.
CHW/IWW C. It. W.
(Copy to tlr. Edison)
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Maoore. Eggleston, Kighara, Kenbo'lt;
Ab there otlll aenran to be atcao alight tais-
undoratandiiig aa to ^aat who io at tho heed and ia to ho nonsuited
concerning Xinotophono matters, I would again adviae that Hr. Hutchison
io to h&vo charge of all mtggeetcd ohangaa 1» oonatruotlon or oquip-
aont, the too ting out of the outfits for wear end tear Mid hroakdown
purposes; the settle,? out of direction shoots, inntxactione for
operating, etc. ; the school Ins of instructors; the method of Hotting
up outfits in theatres, end all. other *orfc of every hind and nature
in a emanation with tho construction, tooting, eohnoling of inutruo-
toro end setting up of these outfits; and
to. John falser is in charga of all raattoro connected
with the orders and contracts for thee* outfits-- that ift, a* to
the rotation in which the outfits are to ho shipped; whore they
ere io go; typo of motors with whioh they nro to ho equipped, oto. ,
Anything yon desire to Xnow or any instructions you
deuiro given oonoernlng any of tho aattora abovo referred to
should bo referred to either ono or tho other of the parties above
nantionod, j-a the case may bo*
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TfeLfePHONE: 690-08
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;64, Rue de Cormeille, LEVALLOIS-PERRET (Seine)
Offices: 59 Rue des* retltss-flcurlss PARIS
lc December 9th
Uli/AO
1912
Thomas A. Edison Inc.
Orange S.J.U.8.A. of w.H.Ueadowcroft Esq
Secretary to Mr Edison
Bear Sir,
X beg to enclose herewith some newspaper accounts about
Mr Gaumont 1 o new process of producing films with natural colours
which no doubt will greatly interest Mr Edison. The writer has
assisted to a private representation of the moving pictures,
details of which are given in the attached programme, and wishes
to say that as far as the pictures of flowers and butterflies
are concerned, they were absolutely admirable. The panoramas
were less true as far as the colouring is concerned. Should
Mr Edison wish to have further informations on the subject,!
shall be glad to try and obtain same.
Yours very truly,
DACTYLOGRAPHIES a la MACHINE a DICTER -EDISON-
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"Vues en Couleurs Naturelles
PRESENTEES PAR LE
“BIOCHROME - GAUMONT '
au “CINEMA-THEATRE’* en Decembre 1912
1. FLEURS :
Soleils, Delphiniums, etc.
Gla'ieuls.
Gla'teul.
Gla'ieuls.
Monbretia.
T{eines-Marguerites.
Petites J{eines-Marguerites.
Petits Zinias.
Gros Zinias.
Campanules names.
Capucines.
Ulium aura turn.
Chrysanthemes.
Branche de Houx.
Dahlia.
Dahlias.
Verveines.
j. VUES de :
W onfleur, Trouville, Deauville.
3. PAYS AGE champ^tre.
4. PAP1LLONS :
Urania J{ipheils (Madagascar).
T^allima hiachis (Borneo).
Jttorpho Helenor (Brcsil).
Cetosia Cyane (Indes).
Jlttacus Plalysamia Cecropia (E.-U.)
Ajatura his (Europe).
7Horpho Jhnalhonte (Guyanc).
JHorpho Cypris (Nouvcllc-Grcnade).
Morpho Silk<ruisl(i (Australia).
5. Ste-MAXJME-sur-MER.
6. LES MOISSONNEURS.
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Minutes of the First Meeting
of the
Home Kineto scope Committee
Held Deo . 24th
at 10:00 A. M.
In the Exeoutive Committee Boom.
Messrs. Baldwin, Pelzer, Stevens, MoChesney, Gall, Maxwell,
Messrs. Wilson and Farrell present during a portion of the
meeting.
Deoided: . . „ .
Out policy, save in extreme cases, is to put
into the Film Exchange not more than one new film for eaoh twenty
old films received there.
That we will hold steadfastly to our resolu-
1,.. +n oooeT)t no dealer unless convinced that he is capable of
making0 a*BU0c ess of the line and that another letter to jobbers he
issued on this subject.
That we print lists of the 139 subjects whioh
A more definite manufacturing schedule is to
be adopted in accordance with Mr. Wilson’s suggestions, whioh it is
believed will materially reduce expenses.
The preparation of the sample advertising
film will be postponed until our commercial stock is replenished.
Mr. Maxwell not being in agreement with the
Plimpton.
Details of meeting on following! pages.
Mr. Baldwin asked for ruling on a oase
where requisition is made upon Pilm Exohange for 'a film which can¬
not be supplied from the stook on hand. He asked whether we would
put a new film in the Exchange in order to meet such requisition.
Mr. Maxwell stated that Mr. Parrell was to make a report on the
number of new films already placed in the Exchange and suggest
some method of preserving a ratio of twenty to one on old films to
new ones. Mr. Pelzer instructed Mr. Baldwin to supply a new film
in the case brought to the attention of the Committee. Mr. Maxwell
requested that Mr. Harrell furnish a report on the number of films
in the Exchange Bureau and what percentage represents films that
were new at the time they were put into the Exchange Bureau.
Mr. Baldwin called attention to the fact
that our jobbers are generally_.disr_egarding. the letter of November
twelfth in which we express bur determination to accept no dealers
in the future except those who we are convinced are well qualified
to handle the line. This letter among other things required a per¬
sonal report from the jobber's traveling man in which he assumed a
degree of personal responsibility as to the dealer's qualifications.
After discussion it was decided to get out another letter to jobbers
with a view to impressing upon their minds that we would rigidly
adhere to the policy, outlined in our letter of November twelfth. It
was the opinion of the Committee that we ought to rigidly examine
all dealers' applications and rejeot any application where there was
the slightest doubt in our: minds as to the dealer's business.
Mr. Stevens asked how soon he would be fur¬
nished with si completely revised liBt of film subjects. Mr. Baldwin
stated' that a list of a hundred and thirty-nine would be furnished
in multigraphed form within a day or so. There followed a discus¬
sion as to how; soon we would be able to make deliveries of all sub¬
jects appearing on this list of one hundred and thirty-nine. Mr.
Pelzer stated that Mr. Harrell is at work on a statement of the
prints in stock, and as soon as such statement is completed, the
stock of a hundred and thirty-nine subjects will be replenished.
He thought this oould be accomplished inside of a month. It was
therefore determined to print the list' of a hundred and thirty-nine
subjects with brief descriptions as heretofore.
Mr. Maxwell requested Mr. Baldwin to present
at the next Committee meeting a statement showing the number of
eaoh film subject Bold to date, as well as the number from the
various classifications.
Mr. MoChesney submitted proposition from
Insurance Engineering, an insurance trade paper, that we make an
expenditure of about $200 in advertising. After discussion it was
decided to reject this proposition.
Mr. Wilson outlined briefly a manufacturing
schedule for both machine and film which he desired to put into
effect aB soon as Mr. HarrellAs report is completed. Upon receipt
of Mr . -Farrell's report, a schedule is to bepreparatl by. the Com-
•mittee in' accordance with Mr;. Wil son’s plan: It. is 'believed that
this plan will -enable us to: reduce the help,- arid 'the expenses ’in
both the - Film and '-Machine.- Shop departments , and 'at. the' ' seme ■ time
enable Us’ , to ,-oarry , a .more even, stock,/'
Mr . Maxwell' inquired as: to the .'.status:, of -adver¬
tising/film .containing ■,8'ec',tibni0l'f’rdm' .the Paribus; advertising films
. that we hav,e produced .. Ur . Gall, state'ii' ’that' the production, of this
film. involved considerable work arid delay. 1 It was. decided to let -
the matter, rest, until; oU'r-;commercialv'it6ck is ropl'eriished and our
manufacturing, schedule . in operation.. : ■’ " .- ’ v . .- '
. ' - ( ' ltt:.sMa^ell‘ asked’: i|or ’report, , oh- work b^ing done
in, p'.ohnec tion with Religious organizations ;:,’. lir'.,’Pelzer 'stated 'that
Bev i i Stockton ' was Select lhg - some '■pi'Ctufcdb'-'f o'r: use'-’ b"h;’- religious ‘ slides .
He - wilj, : do'1 the editorial'- ' work • o'f- -airangirig /thes.e .'pictur es in , proper
sequence for 42.6,. ' He: -.propose hi. to- . seiept, 260 .pictures making 'twenty-
five slide's . , '.After the,pictu'res are-. eele'cted-.by 'Hey;.,'Stpokton, Mr .
Pelzer .will see Ur . Beseleri .-the(>dwne'r 'of'the ’rieg'ati.yeB.' and -make
some arrangement with hinl.-for ?*heir: usevori ^slides.’ . Mr . Farrell re¬
ported -that thVffilks of -.the- Mi'SBipnary' Educ ational' Movement' thus far
examined .were. ;i'» such had-Pon^i'tibh Vs io'h'e, unusable* HeVqtated
that ;a number'' of; .'those,;, taken in; this , Country .were: made , by independent
manufactu^ra -and- acp ordihgiy'. .the- ripgativeB. :opUld;,hot;be. used -by us .
He thought .'that we, would probably , have -to- .abandon-. the idea of' using
any. of. the 'negatives; owned :by;thia Association.. , ;Mr ;Maxwell asked .
what progress Mr .Plimpton was making "oh .th'e ,;.parable', piotures . Mr'.
' Farrell said,' 'hbvhad 'ho recent' reports ;Mr . . Maxwell .asked*, that' a full
repo'rt /be'tohtaine'dv'from-'Mry.iPl'imptph’and.i-sUbmi't'te.d at. the next meet¬
ing '.j V Mr Maxwell- .'ihqu'iippd .-'What promotion, work ; was .being done' among
thevrelisio'us. brgahlzatibns'.;! -Mr . Peizbr.' ihqUghti’iio thing; could be *
done until' 'We . were in i a1 position-' to: show .them’ severaliireligious sub¬
jects'. " Mr . Maxwell - disagreed, witli' this .view. ' ihere' foi-lowed -a
discussion, of ' , what /could <be:. done pending the issuance of some Pel--
igious.'BUb j acts > -Mr i Maxwell 'ViSid^hS^would' "prepare. -'a: statement of
what 'he thought pould .be' done and . submit, . it'.: at the next meeting . :
Wm. Maxwell.
.Chairman .
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hut the oelluloid side , whioh oomeSla in oontaot with the
sprockets and rollers has a Bort of sown on it in places.
The surface being non-absorbent, the water aries in drops,
eaoh drop leaving a residue if the water is dirty - but
this is not the trouble. I have tried to remove , the
dirt by a chamois skin rubber but/have beer/, unsuccessful
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I believe that if the sprockets were all /
relieved in the center so as not to touch the film end if'
relieved sprockets were substituted for the plain rollers
the trouble might be eliminated. There is another \
advantage in this as there would be no chance for a roller\
to stop turning and scratch the film. „ .L ~ ~ ^ *>}
Photogr^phxcaily' the] development is ideal
if the temperature of the developeir/oan b« kept constant.
When the cold weather started we hcfcl a steam radiator put/
in the room but did not fix up a thermostat control for 1
it lierff was feared that having steam in the building won:
injure wooden patterns stored above so the radiator was
disconnected. Now the patterns have been removed on
account of another Bteam pipe, but I have been too busy on
the educational film work to taokle it sinoe.
I wish some of the complications could be
eliminated . Tou will undoubtedly be able to make some
good suggestions and I want you to look it all over be¬
fore I do anything more with it. I am satisfied that we
are working on the right principle .
Deo. 26, 1912.
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Minutes of the Seoond Meeting of the
Home Kineto scope Committee
Held December 31et
at 10:00 A.M.
the Executive Committee ?oom
Present: Messrs . Parrel, Baldwin, McChesney, Stevens, Pelzer and
Maxwell. Absent: Mr. Gall.
Committee deoided to obtain six additional
oopies pf the Underwriters' final report on the Home Kineto scope.
Deoided to promulgate action of Underwriters
to jobbers and dealers. by trade letter.
tions to dealers how to handle oases. of
with demonstrations by city authorities
Deoided to inolude in House Organ instruo-
to handle oases of attempted interference
Kinetograph department will attempt to accel¬
erate deoiaion as to list of film subjects for new catalog and re¬
plenishment. of film stock.
Putting the Acetylene outfit on the market
at present is viewed with some apprehension because it iB
that this aDDaratua may 'participate action on the /part of the rate
making hoards “which would he prejudicial to_ the machine r®e*r^e0S
of its lighting equipment. This matter to be reflected upon in
the meantime and Considered oarefully at the next meeting.
In spite of requests from, jobbers and dealers
for national advertising, the Committee considers it inadvisable at
this time.,
DETAILS OH FOLLOWING PAGES.
Copies to all oommittee members
and to Messrs. Edison and. Wilson,.
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Decided to obtain six additional oopies of the
oomplete Underwriters' report. This will involve the printing of
additional oopiee of photographs appearing imoh r«»ort.
deoided that twelve oopiee he printed. Mr. Jarrell will look after
this .
* Mr. Maxwell inquired about getting out a letter
to jobbers and dealer a announcing the action of the Underwriters
laboratories. Mr. Pelzer thought it was advisable to do so. Mr.
impressed by the instrument. A discussion followed as to whether we
ought to ' inolude in the next issue of the House Organ a brief state¬
ment for the benefit of dealers, showing them How to Handle any at
in+A-rf pronoe "bv oitv authorities* Deoided to get out such a
statement and to inolude in it the reoommendationthatdemonstrations
be given at the homes of the oity authorities having in charge the
enforcement of the motion picture ■ ordinances, • lt. * ®° «£ tb^oase*
would be better to. try the demonstrations first, because in the case
of loans, the dealers might experience difficulty in getting the ma¬
chines baok.
Mr. Baldwin, in speaking of the hundred _ and
thirty-hine subjects to constitute our next catalog, stated that Mr.
Ward was still in doubt as to .the suitability of several of the sub¬
jects- To prevent any unnecessary delay in the issuance of our ca
alog^'it wasPdeoided that the Film department bee on suited immediately
to see if a prompt deoision could not1 be reached.. It was the opinion
of the Committee that work on new subjects should be discontinued
until our oatalog. stock is replenished.
Mr. Baldwin inquired whether we intended to
definite announcement be made concerning the Acetylene outfit until
Mr. McChesney reported request from jobbers that
we do some national advertising of the Edison Home Kinetoscope . Mr.
, Baldwin stated that these requests are coming t0 .^HeKinetograph^de
partment from both jobbers and dealers. It was the opinion of the
Committee with whioh Hr. McChasney agreed that we are nothin a
position to consider any national advertising at this time.
Mr . Baldwin reported that statements showing
the number of film subjects sold to date would be ready at the next
meeting.
Mr. Tarrell stated that his report on the Ex-
change Bureau would probably be ready at the next meeting.
Mr . Baldwin stated that Mr . Plimpton ' s report
on the religious films had not yet been reoeived, but would no
doubt come to hand before the next meeting.
Mr. Baldwin reported five new prospects for
around the holiday season.
' 'Wm, Maxwell.
Chairman .
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QEESRATIOH 0H-g0-40-V0LTS.
OH 30 -7 OIIS.
Ho value of resistance In Berios with aro will stake It oper¬
ative on 30 volts.
A vibrating carbon contact interrupted operated by a series
ooll might be used to balance fthe aro. The one that was tried (simi¬
lar to reotif lor unit) caused a, more or leBB, violent hissing at the
aro, due to the rapid make and break of the ourrent. The light inten¬
sity also pulsated periodically. While thiB method of regulation has
possibilities of development.it would seem that in general the propo¬
sition shows a little promise.
A series hot wirew properly dimensioned and oonBtruoted, might
be a suooeBBful though expensive way of holding the aro. Owing to ex¬
pense this was not tried.
OH 40- VOLTS.
About the best operating conditions were obtained with 2.4
ohms in series. This gave approxinately 1/16 "aro for a period of 1
minute with 26 volts (mean) across aro and 16 volts (mean) aoross rhe¬
ostat, the operating ourrent being about 7 amp. The aro was hard to
start and the ourrent reached a maximum of 14 amperes.
The above Operation is not to be compared with that on 110-
volts. On this voltage A l/4" aro can be maintained for a period of
8 minutes, the aro being very steady and burning without the slight¬
est hlaa.
The above trials were made with the aro alone — no pictures
being projected.
A.H.Hi
Edison General File Series
1912. Motion Pictures - Educational Films (E-12-60)
This folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents
relating to the use of motion pictures for educational purposes. Included are
items pertaining to photography, equipment and machinery, experiments, and
use of the laboratory’s facilities, as well as location shooting. Many of the
reports are by William W. Dinwiddie, a specialist in the production of
educational and scientific films who began working for Edison in December
1911. Also included are letters from educators, publishers, and other
individuals writing to Edison with advice or requests. A sample of these letters
has been selected.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected.
Unsolicited letters receiving a routine reply or no reply from Edison, along with
duplicates, have not been selected.
Feb. 15th, 1912
Messrs. TOa. G&ertner b Oo.,
'5545 Bake Ave.,
Chicago* Ill.
Gentlemen:-
Flense send me n catalogue of apparatus for demon¬
strating a general course in physics, also your catalogue
of laboratory supports.
Kindly address to Mr. W. W. Dinwiddle, 0/0 Engineer¬
ing Dept. ,
wto/es
EdiBon laboratory. Orange, N.j.
YourB truly,
EDI SOU LABORATORY
per w. W. Dinwiddle.
SPECIALTIES
Cable Addreu ''Scltnlla." Chlcaao, A. B. C. Code 5th Edition
Astronomical
Telescopes
High Grade Physical
WM. GAERTNER & CO.
IMPORTERS OP
Scientific Apparatus
and Physiological
Apparatus
Physical & Astronomical Instruments
from leading European
manufacturers
Laboratory Equipments
Office and Factory
Special Instruments
for Research
5345-5349 LAKE AVENUE
Illinois Central Station
CHICAGO, Feb. 17, 1912*
Mr. W. W. Dinwiddle,
o/o Engineering Dept.
Ediaon Laboratory,
Orange, H, J.
Dear Mr. Dinwiddle,
I have your kind letter of February 16th and
am pleased to: hear that you are now aaeoolated with the
Edison Laboratory.
Agreeable to your request I send you under
separate oover a full set of our catalogs in whioh I
trust you will find something of interest.; The demon¬
stration apparatus is listed in our catalog D and is
especially designed for elementary work, but we are in
position to furnish the more elaborite and accurate
pieoes such as you will find lasted in the foreign cata¬
logs and I shall be pleased to quote you on anything in
the line of physioal apparatus.
A few years ago we took over the business of
the soientifio Shop and are prepared to furnish anything
formerly handled by this firm.
Thanking you for past favors and trusting
to receive your kind orders whioh will have our best
attention, I remain
Yours very sincerely,
Ur.Ldioon.^ reaRonf! for ray having naan no more progress last week were:
1st. Moving to new ouarters in Room 17.
3d i was in Hew YorK one day- to buy a camera, find out about lights
to illuminate models to photograph and get addresses of all manufacturers
of apparatus for demonstrating physics in the World. We have written them
for catalogs which will be full of useful ideas. When in H.Y. I looked up
the matter of card catalog for subjects and notes.
3d. The Paths camera had to be rebuilt before it could be used.
There was no one here available who could overhaul this camera so I have
undertaken to do it myself. Tarts for it are being made in the shop from
my sketches. It will be done in a few days.
There are two mechanical tripod heads in the junk pile at the
phonograph works. I expect to mount one on each end of a bench with the
distance apart adjustable, mount the camera on one and the various models
on the other.
When we get fixed for the work it will be a simple matter to photo¬
graph such subjects as 507 mechanical movements.
A fairly good draughtsman va&2gi of more assistance now than any
other help. He could lay out the wheels etc for mechanical movements
directly on wood and they could be sawed out with a band saw.
I believe this educational series will be a tremendous success, but
it should be so well done that therein be no room for a word of criti¬
cism. The demonstration apparatus should not be recognised as a copy of
Queen & Co. or Max Kohl etc.: It can improve on all of them a little and
its nev/ness will add greatly to its popularity.
I an nutting all the hustle I can into the work and am thinking about
it all day and dreaming about it all night. I am sure you will not bo
dissatisfied with the progress made when you have seen what difficulties
have bean i
I
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fa, lO, -it/dCz,
( I? (A 7}
GENERAL RE PORI' ON WORK IN SCHOOLS.
HOME KIHETOSOOPS.
j- : EDISON PHONOGRAPH.
When the agency work in the schools was begun it was agreed that
the nesting of the National Eduoation Association to be hold at St. Louis,
February 26-March 1, should be ohosen as the place for the formal announce¬
ment of this work, this being the most important educational meeting of the
year and representing in its attendance the entire United States. The fol¬
lowing statements of facts and the conclusions drawn from thorn represent in¬
formation and impressions gathered before the St. LouiB meeting, by means of
calls on large numbers of sohool men, and also the experiences at the meet¬
ing itself, whore about two thousand State, City and County superintendents
were present, no state in the Union being without representation. The St.
Louis meeting offered an admirable opportflnity. for the exhibition of the
home kinetosoope and the phono graph. tohundreis of superintendents who were
unfamiliar with one or both of them. There was also opportunity for ex¬
tended conferences with these educators and for the disoussion of the possi¬
bilities oonneoted with the work of thisemaohines and their ueo in sohools.
It appears therefore that as the result of thiB meeting, and the work of a
preliminary nature whioh preoeded it, we are in as good a position to draw
conclusions and formulate policies as we can' possibly be at any time during
the curront sohool year.
It is unnecessary to state that the name of "Edison" is a potent
influenoe with Amerioan sohools. Ur. Edison has been written up in the read¬
ers, histories and biographies used in the sohools, to suoh an extent that
even the small hoys in the lower grodee are familiar with hiB name, and there
is a general tondonoy on the part of sohool people to admire and favor any
product of his laboratories and workshops. The homo kinetoeoopo has been re¬
ceived by the sohool people with genuine enthusiasm. Not that all of then
are in favor motion pioture maohines in sohools, hub even thoee who are un¬
willing to admit that the machine has a proper place in connection with
sohool courses, are ready to admit the safety and Bimplioity of the machine
and tile quality of its work. The opportunities in the sohools for this lit¬
tle maohine are praotioally unlimited, provided the films ars furnished which
will allow the maohine to be used in oonneotion with ooursos as they are now
organized, and provided that the maohine and films are offered to sohool au¬
thorities by methods with whioh they are familiar, thus allowing the purohase
and use of the home kinetoaoope to develop as a natural pieoe of equipment of
the sohool of to-day, Thoro is no doubt that the little maohine holds within
itself tho possibilities of an educational revolution, for it is. a- trite say¬
ing among educators that the Amerioan child is " eye-minded", ■: and "the appeal
in the past has been too largely to the ear. But suoh superintendents and
such authorities are conservative, to say the least, and any revolution in
methods alarms them. The easiest line of approaoh to the school market is
along the pathway of the oourses as they now exist. Our general statement
as made at the St .Louis meeting was, -"Every sohool room Bhould have a motion
pioture maohine as a part of its equipment just aB muoh as it has a black¬
board”.- This ideal may never be realized but long 3teps in that direction
oan bo taken, in the opinion of the writer, if the lines of policy as sug¬
gested hereafter can be adopted. Muoh that has been said in reference to
the motion pioture machine also applies to the phonograph, whioh also should
have a wide field of usefulness in the schools, but as the phonograph has
boon mentioned in a separate report it oan be assumed that everything which
follows, whioh does not deal specially with the motion pioture maohine, ap¬
plies also to the phonograph.
In order to seoure and hold from year to year a large volume of
business with the schools of the United States the Edison Company should, -
First,, organize an Educational Department. The head of this De¬
partment should be responsible for the sales to the publio, private and pa¬
rochial schools, also to colleges, universities and educational institutions
in general.
a. .. The Educational Department Bhould be allowed to handle all
the correspondence received from those engaged in educational work
and from sohool authorities and Boards of Education.
b. ..This Department should conduct the circular and advertising
campaigns among the schools and Boards of Educations.
o...It should be allowed to make suggestions as to the material,
suoh as films and reoords which are needed to enable the Company to
serve the schools most usefully and profitably.
d. ..It should develop and maintain a complete system of educa¬
tional information suoh as is maintained by the ordinary book-publiBh-
ing house, so that the Company may be in touch with educational organ¬
izations throughout the country.
e. ..It Bhould have full charge of all the agency work done in
the schools, including all demonstrations.
f. ..It Bhould prepare all the literature and advertising mater¬
ial sent to sohool people.
g. ..It should work undor definite conditions, and should have
offices either in Hew York or Orange where demonstrations oan be given,
nrvi where superintendents and purchasing committees of Boards of Educa¬
tion oan be received and taken care of.
h. ..It should in general be the point of oontaot between the Com¬
pany and the educational market, oarrying out faithfully the plans and
policies formulated by the proper authorities in the Company, but exor-
oising freedom within the limits of its authority.
The above points seem eaoential as matters of organization if the
Company ia to do a large and permanent buaineaa with the aohoola. Sales to
aohoola are always reoognized ooomeroially as apeoial in their nature. Sohool
authorities spend publio money and their tranaaotiona are surrounded with
many speoial re<iuir amenta, and frequently with muoh of the special procedure
usually known as "red-tape". It has been frequently demonstrated that it
is not possible to deal with sohools in any large way except by means of an
Educational Department. No general organization has ever succeeded in gett¬
ing and holding any important volume of sohool business.
Seoond. ..Film production should be oarried on as rapidly as possi¬
ble, and definite announcement should be made as to future plans. The four
courses now organized in every sohool, whioh form the easiest method of ap¬
proach for the home kinetosoope, are Geogrnphy, History, Nature Study and
Civios, The courses are all baaal and important. If a definite list of
films for each one of those subjects oould be adopted, and if the manufacture
of these films oould go steadily forward so that a reasonable number of them
might be promised for the opening of the Bohools next September, it would be
possible to book hundreds of orders for September delivery on the basis of
such an announcement . These orders will be larger if some system of group
prices oan be adopted whereby certain groups of films oan be sold as groups
at a prioe lower than the same films would sell for if bought separately.
This grouping idea can be uoed to inorease the number of films purchased in
any individual oase. The aohools are acoustomed to do business on the group
plan sinoe sohool libraries have been sold in this way for years. The impor¬
tant thing is to get the machines into use as widely as possible at an early
date. With thousands of the machines in use throughout the country, their
possibilities in connection with sohool work will develop very rapidly. Em-
phatio demands for films in various subjeots will come from sohool people.
Suggestions and admonitions of all sorts will arrive with every mail, and as
new ooutbbs are developed, and new methods of work are put into operation,
more and more machines will be needed to oarry out these plans. The final
place of the motion picture maohine in oonneotion with sohool work may be al¬
most anything that imagination can suggest; for as time goes on educators
will specialize along this line. Muoh literature bearing on tho subjeot
will develop, and manuals of all sorts setting forth speoial plans and ideas
will be prepared. All theso, however, must come in natural course, but will
come rapidly if the machineB can be introduced at first as necessary supple¬
ments to the present text-books and the school plans now in operation.
Third. . .The large motion picture maohine as now manufactured by the
Thomas A. Edison, Ino, should bo offered to sohool3 immediately through the
Educational Department of the Company. Entirely aside from the possibili¬
ties oonneotod with tho small machine, there exists at present an opportunity
to sell the standard machine tomSohool Boards in many large cities. These ma¬
chines are needed for playground entertainments and for use in largo assembly
rooms where the small maohine would be inadequate. Through the middle west
many of the high school buildings are already equipped with fireproof boothrfs .
The films used for playgroung and assembly room purposes are partly education¬
al and partly what might be oalled entertainment films . The Edison Company
haa on its regular lists large numbers of films which are especially adapted
to this work, and reasonable activity in behalf of the large machine, and the
excellent output of the Edison Studio, will produce good returns which would
in all probability otherwise go to various film^-manufacturers and be divided
among various machine makers. This work does not conflict in any way with
the work on the smaller machine, as the playground and assembly room features
are not connected in any special way with the aotual work of the sohools, ex¬
cept that both happen to be under the jurisdiction of the same set of authori¬
ties. The sooial center idea.whioh grows every year, is aided in a wonderful
wav bv the inexpensive instruction and entertainment furnished by a machine of
the standard size in playgrounds and assembly halls, where the pictures oan bo
soen by hundreds and even thouoando of people. The more the school people
learn to uae motion pictures for all sorts of purposes the more they become ae~
oendent upon them and the more important will be the place which they oooupy
in the general scheme of instruction and entertainment whioh the sohools are
aiming to furnish to both pupils and parents.
The possibilities in every direction are wide, but nothing less
than careful and definite organization, which will support active and methodi¬
cal sales campaigns, will be able to measure up to the
which may be occupied during the next year or two under the right conditions.
Whoever gets the field first will hold it for a long time and will achieve a
prominence and permanence in it which will make competition unprofitable if
not impossible*
Re ope otf ully submitted .
Hew York City.
March 7th, 1912.
EDUCATIONAL SERIES MOVING PICTURES,
Report W.W. Dinwiddle.
Mr. Edison:
We have photographed Archimedes’ screw pump.
Another arc lamp like the one re have has been ordered, and re rill
mafce the magnified view of the double acting force pump when this new
lamp is received.
Extension bushings have been made for the camera lens to give enough
magnification. We have made repairs to the pump and renewed the leather
valves.
Some progress has been made on other models. We have a number partly
finished. The machine shop has too fer lathes etc for the men employed
there. We can rarely get the use of a machine when we rant it. Sometimes
a man rill be using a lathe and another will have spoken for the next
it. We find something else to do but it waste^a lot of time.
Very respectfully,
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EDUCATIONAL SERIES MOTION PICTURES
Report S. G. Warner
Mr. Edison:-
The wooden support for camera and microscope which
was used in photographing the orystals was found to he too un¬
steady for high magnification. '
The oast iron apparatus to support the new microscope
which you authorized us to purchase is nearly complete. This
was designed especially for high power photomiorographic work,
and was constructed here because nothing suitable oould be bought
in : the market.
last week I have made, with the old apparatus,
a photograph of a fly confined in a small cell as you suggested,
and I have made some preliminary experiments on surface tension;
however, most of my time has been occupied in arranging illumina¬
tion etc. in my new quarters in the Galvanometer Room.
Very respectfully.
sgw/es
■RTOTfiAT’TLTiAT, SERIES MOT I OH PICTURES
The blu e-printing outfit has been move cl out to
other quarters, which gives us more room.
We have found an old lathe whioh, with some repairs,
will do very well for our work.
Some progress is being made on the models for the
film on mechaniBm, hut most of our time the past week has been
spent on the gold plating machines for the diso records. We have
finished four of the seven ordered and Will have the three others
done to-morrow. The glass work on these machines has required
a large amount of hard labor. We have done all we. could to rush
it through. I have worked every night.
Very respectfully,
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The enclosed clipping will explain Jthn^why
1 have made use of the^ordli^rylantern ajid^slldes^ln-^the ^T~~
demonstration of my subject, ■I^^'Sat'
iafaction. There can be no reason^w^y with batter facilities, this idea
3hould fail of great usefulness. And I hail with delight y^ur attempt,
which I am conf ldent*will become a fact, to make this^feature a permi-
nont adjunct of our educational life. )
X have some ideas along this line from the rifactical teacher's
standpoint and experience which if you should care to cVrc te use it will
my pleasure to advance.
Very truly yours
June 10th, 1912
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Mr, Edison:-'
We have photographed the mangle motion, parallel
motion with internal gear and pinion l/2 its diameter, and
the elliptic multilobed gears.
Mr. Warner has photographed a water flea enlarged,
showing its heart heating, a colony of vortioelll aid one
vorticelli showing everything going in and nothing coming
out. He made a trip to Hew York and obtained four sea anemone from
the aquarium. He did not see the Aquarium Director, but
thinks he will be able to get a lot of interesting material
from him later.
His dark room for developing tests is about com¬
plete. All of the parts for the continuous developing machine
are under way, and we expect to begin picking the bugs out
of it in ten days.
Very respectfully,
bu. Lu.
wwd/es
In an interview in the N. Y. "Times "?lately, you were
quoted as to the possibilities of developing the motion pic¬
ture maohine for education, puposes . I read the article with
satisfaction, as it expressed ideas, that I have been urging'
for some time .
When Lumiere's GinematograxJhe was first commercially
introduced about ten years ago, I argued strongly for its a-
doption as a device for teaching subjects like history, geog¬
raphy, nature study in the elementary schools, with v/hich
I was then connected. But teaching, like all the "polite"
professions, is conservative at times to the degree of being
reactionary, and is slow to adoi>t the new, and iqy suggestions
were frowned upon by those in authority.
Bow that the cause has your advocacy and backing I pre¬
sume that the movement will be vitalized and we may expect
S. I. HYMAN & BRO.
IMPORTERS
52 East IOth Street
June 13, 1912.. .
before long to find the machine being used in every school
house in the land.
Now there is one subject in the College ourrioulum that
I think can be taught by the pioture machine with decided ad¬
vantage in point of economy of time (shortening the course of
study) and expense to students, and a minimum of drudgery.
V/hoever will standardize the first set of teaching films il¬
lustrative of the subjeot, will have a ohanoe of doing for
that subjeot what Maury did with his Geographies or MoGuffy
did with Readers in the '70s or Steele with his "Twenty Weeks
in Chemistry." etc., or the Ephemeris does for "Navigation",
or Gray's Anatomy does for medical students or Gray's Cases
does for law students .
I desire the privilege of about 15 minutes of your valu¬
able time to outline my ideas to you. Youare a tremendously
busy man, and your time is limited in proportion. But I have
some ideas for this innovation of yours, which are the result
of investigation and much reflection and as you are in a posi¬
tion to make use of them, I shall be delighted to submit them
to you. May X come out to see you? I'm sure you will think
well of them.
Any week-day would be convenient for me.
MEADOW CROFT.
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Orange. IT. J.
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I notioe from Magazines and newspaper^ a co cunts, th-t yon are
muoli interested in developing motion picture tfelong^dugatlonal
lines. I 'believe , of course, that this is a good move^mt for
the Common Schools, High Sohools, and Colleges, but I believe
that there is another field which will be even more benefited
hy the motion pioture idea; this is the field of Agricultural
Education, and more particularly, the Farmer’s Institute Wort.
There is an immense field here Bince all other states are doing
Farmer’s Institute wort. The one late- demfland is fox
which are really educational along agricultural lines.
I sincerely hope that you will embrace, within the scope
of your plans, theidea of develop ing^&Mkf which will help
in teaching Agriculture.
Yours truly.
Dean, College of Agri culture.
MEMORANDUM
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AUGUST 13th, 1912
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BDUOATION/J, SMS HOTIOH PICTURES
Report V?. W» Dinftjddie
Mr. RfiiBon:-
We have photographed several combinations
of pulleys tills woefc, anil Mr. V.’egel has mu do two photographs
8 how lug formation of sand ripples on a beaoh with hie wot or
wave machine, and one showing breakers.
Mr. Warner has photographed a fly emerging
from pupa and ascending through manure, in duplicate; fly
emerging from pupa with black background to show details;
Caterpillar of. butterly tying himself up to a twig and hung
up ready to shed his akin.
I m working on Saonarios for magnetism,
which will he ti fairly easy subject to present in motion
pictures, and as the work we have now started la completed,
we will take upirmagnetiem.
Mr. Jones has been working on e. camera
for the pbotoalcrogxaphic outfit which hr. Greene started.
This bug work will bring the most immediate returns of
any, and we will push it. '
Tory respectfully.
IhU'b^
BBPCA.TIOKAJ. SBRTBB HOT I ON PICTPRB3
REPORT ff. W. BIKWIBBIB
Hr. Edison :-
Wa have finished the photographs of pulleys
anil made about 300 feot on the -Boss amor convertor.
Mr. Warner has made a satisfactory film of the
House-fly maggot changing to pupa - which makes the fly film
complete enough to turn over to the studio, though we hope
to add some details fox oduoatl onnl purposes lator. Plies
are not vary active in the cool weather ana we oannot work
on them to gooa advantage now. But ants will fight as well
as ever, and there arc many other things not seriouBly affect¬
ed that will keep the hug department busy.
Ramsay and I have worked on the developing
machine a large part of the woek.
Mr. v/egel was upBet for about throe days with
toothache* Mr. Jones spent most of the week on the camera
for the new photomiorographio outfit, and Allison has 'seen
on a vacation.
Very respectfully.
wwd/ss
Sept. End, 1912
TyroTflAfl OHATj SERIES HO1? I PIT PIOCTRB3
pypnR'P W. W. PIHWIDDIB
Mr. Edison: -
Mr. yjegel has made a photograph of the water
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lng sand ripples.
Mr. Warner has photographed the caterpillar
of a large Oeoropla moth spinning ooooonrflnishod ooooon die-
sooted showing caterpillar changing to papa, caterpillar of
polyphemus moth feeding and the caterpillar of silver spotted
shipper building lie nest of leaves.
We are making magnets, etc. for the magnetic
experiments.
5!ho large electromagnet was found to he In
such had condition that we are reminding It. Joints In the
ooils seora to have been soldered with' acid.
BamsHy and I have put In most of the week
on the developing raaohine.
Very respeotfully ,
Sept. 9, 191E
eduoati oral series
Report W. W.
Mr. Edison:-
We have made over 1400 feet of good negative
this week, including 194 feet on Mayer's Floating Magnets,
whioh was made over because the one we made last week had a
defect in the film stock.
700 feet of the above is on magnetism and
about 570 feet on bugs and bees.
We are taking the entomology subjects now
that will not be obtainable for another year, and collecting
material on aquatic larvae, etc. that can be worked on in
the cold weather.
We are working on one scenario Whioh will
teach a novice how to begin bee-keeping', and another which
will be of more general interest and could be used in the
theatres.
The daily reports I find to be of considerable
help.
We will try to have a film on magnetism ready to
show you next week.
Very respectfully,
(jj. Uo.
Oct. 7th, 1912
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EDUCATION Ah SERIES MOTION PICTURES ^
Report W. ,Y /. Binwiddie
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We have about 1500 feet of good film this week.
About 385 feet was made on bugs, and 476 feet
on bees.
The bee films are finished and will be put to-
eether with titles as soon as possible to get prints an
titles made. Y/e were not able to get a picture of a swarm
this season, but there is a plenty of inter eating matter
without that. Mr. Fleming has taken a new position in
New York today.
We have retaken about 85 feet of the wave machine
and have very much improved the lighting - using a dark background.
We have made 390 feet on magnetism, which about
•Finishes all on permanent magnets. We have some good things
thing we have now.
V/e have also arranged to photograph a large lift¬
ing magnet which has a capacity of 5 tons in a s“Sle PieC' e.
This is used with a locomotive crane in a scrap yard at
Elizabeth, II. J.
Titles have been ordered for the films on magne¬
tism. and v/e can show you about S000 feet as soon as we get
the titles.
The model of cream separator showing the. mot ion of
the liquids in the bowl has been finished and photographed
fl75 feet). This lias been a difficult thing to Bhow, hut
ie have learned a number of tricks that will help us on other
things. The motion of the liquids is shown by small lound
shot made of resin 1 m/m in diameter suspended in a salt
solution of the same specific gravity. The resin is slightly
colored.
Wo kind of glass model will -give us any tr ouble now,
as we have found a strong cement that holds indefinitely in
water. It is sealing wal - equal parts shellac, resin and
Venice turpentine.
Oct. 21, 1912
respectfully,
(m (jJ . ^j^TAAAASLsOh-'L.
wwd/es
EDUCATIONAL SERIES MOTION PICTURES
Report W. W. Dinwiddle.
Mr. Edison:-
We have about 1190 feet of good film this
Ant Battles and individual combatants highly magnified
Other Ant Subjects -
Potatoe Beetle - -
Silver Spotted Skipper ready to pupate
Magnetic property of nickel - -
Bar and Horseshoe electromagnets -
Magnetic Ore Separator -
Wave Machine - -
We have completed the new camera stand to look
down on subjects at various angles.
The camera stand started by Dr. Greene for
microscopic work is about done. This work waB delayed on
account of having to design and build a camera for it. When
this machine is finished we will experiment with it on the
third floor to see if we can insulate it from disastrous
vibration; if we can do so, all of this work can be done
upstairs, and the "cubby holes" in the galvanometer room
may be cleaned out.
We expect to have the titles ready to
show you about 2000 feet on magnetism by Tuesday night.
The boe positive has been printed, but.it
will be a week or ten flays before we have the titles.
Yery respectfully,
Oct. 28, 1912.
wwd/es
EDUCATIONAL SERIES MOTION PICTURES. I p)
Report W. W. Dinwiddle. J ' ■*’ '
We have made this week 262 feet on
magnetism, 613 feet on bugs, 88 feet on the eleotrio
aro and have retaken 235 feet on the water-wave machine ,
which finishes that subjeot.
We have prepared a number of experiments
on effects of eleotrio current. We have selected 100
cells of storage battery from some 250 old cells , and
have cleaned them and put them in good order for our
work. We are connecting them up with a simple wooden
mercury cup switch-board to give us any combination we
want .
We are keeping busy and working to
advantage, but we are not making the progress on
taking the pictures that we would if this matter of
moving partitions and rearranging did not keep us so
unsettled.
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Sutley, 5. J.
Dear Sir:-
Your till of November 1st has teen nent
to mo for approval.
There was a per foot understending at all
times that you were glad of the opportunity to do this worlc.
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EDI SOU LABORATORY
EDUCTIOHAL SERIES EOT I OK PICTURES
Report W. VJ. Dinwiddie.
Mr. Edison:-
We have made this weok 380 feet on bugs,
60 feet on waves, 66 feet on effects of eleotrio currents,
and 150 feet on hydrostatics - total 656 feet -
We have the storage batteries connected
up ready to use and have prepared a number of experiments
to photograph.
About 120 hours has been put on the gold
plating machines for disc records.
Tearing dovm partitions and moving has cut
down our efficiency considerably.
wwd/es
Very respectfully,
(A/, l\A 1.
Rov. 11, 1912
mnoMlcatfE 'SERIES MOOT PlOTSS. ^ ^ ^d~
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Report by V?. W. Binwiaaie.
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Mr. Eaison:-
We have maae this week 285 feet on tugs.' 059 feet on
effects of electric ourrent ana 60 feet on ocean waves - Sana ripples
on ooean teach, total 704 feet.
We nsea a 3/8 inch copper wire carrying about 850 amperes
to «*. ill* a •*» •«*»«« o»»»t. «»» tb. Wi«
...... vertically thru tb. *••• P^4* 4M
lMU« out to .toot 18 1Mb.. «1-4- «“ b»olo.»«
we nsea 5 a. wire nails which cling arounl it in hunches.
We have finishe! the four new goia plating machines for
aiso recoras - we put about 58 hours on them this week.
We have the room all arrange! now an! have work lai! out
fo, each camera so we expect to show oonsiaerable improvement next
week.
Mr. Wfigel is making a trip each Suniay to some local
b.aob to s.t tbs ocean ».v. «*• at
Atlantic City.
Very respectfully,'
7\ov.J^,lcl»'2- (jO.UTDW^i^iuL.
EDUCATIONAL SERIES MOTION PICTURES.
Hep or t - W. W. Dinwiaaie.
Mr. Eaison:
We have maae about 1608 feet of film
this week as follows;
Ocean waves .
Bugs .
Hyarostatios .
Magnetism .
Magnetism - retaken .
Effeots of Eleotrloal Current
118
625
236
262
167
200
TOTAL - 1608
The cabbage butterfly was photographea emerging from the
chrysalis which makes this subjeot complete. This will
be arrangea to be shown with titles as soon as possible.
We have several other bug subjects nearly complete whioh
we will put together with titles now, as they cannot be
finishea this year. We expect to be able to show you the
two bee films by tomorrow night.
Very respectfully,
tO.
Nov. 25, 1912.
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Dear Sir:
I have been intensely i
three years in your development o
adapt it for use in our publio sohool s. ■ —
Company , of whi ah I have the honor to be president , has ^
in the sohool field ever sinoe its organization a
with remarkable suooess, largely due, we believe,
that itB publications have presented, as nearly e
sible to do so in book form, the ideas which you expeot to^
bring so graphically before teaohers and pupils by means o'
the moving picture.
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arrangements as yet for the marketing o
is ready for distribution. If you hav
afford me muoh pleasure to have a oonferenoe with you at any
time .and plaoe you might suggest, for the purpose of going ov
the situation fully. We knon this particular sohool field a
well as any one in the country, and we have unusual facilities
for bringing anything worth-while before the proper authorities
We dispose of almost two million dollaro' worth of books of a
speoial nature every year to teachers and to parents of boys
and girls of sohool age.
berty of forwarding you, with our
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PRAOTIOAL REFERENCE LIBRARY, a work which has attained a sale o
300,000 sets sinoe its publication in February, 1907. This un
preoedented sale we attribute largely to the fact that the books
oontain the essential information in dear, simple language and
enhanoed by a great number of graphio illustrations bringing be¬
fore the boy and girl, in a dear, vivid way, the facts they shoul
remember oonoerning the subject in question.
I trust, Mr. Edison, that you will not olass us with the
ordinary subscription book publication. Wo feel that our publioa-
tion is as far removed from that olass as a First National Bank
from a pawnbroker’s chop.
Brantford Public Schools
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EDUCATIONAL SERIES MOTION PICTURES.
Report - W. W. Dinwiddle.
Mr. Edison:
We have made about 1278 feet of film this
week, as follows:
Bugs . . .465 feet
EffectB of Eleotrio Current . 238 "
Magnetism (Retaken) . 126 "
Bessemer Converter (Retaken) . 450
Total
.1278 "
The hug films made this week are on mlorosoopio
pond-life.- Rotifer, showing method of locomotion, and highly
magnified, showing how he unfolds himself. A large number of
rotifers and similar organisms are shown in a drop of water.
Paramofoium, and Spiroohaete Pallida were isolated and photo¬
graphed separately.
The compass needle has been retaken, showing
points of canpass arranged as on a map - with North at top.
The words "North", "South", "East" and "West" were used, and
not abbreviated.
Very respectfully.
Deo. 9, 1912.
Mr. William Park, Principal,
Brantford Public SchoolB,
Eranchford, Ontario.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter- of December Bixth has been
referred to me for attention.
I have read thiB letter with considerable
interest.
Mr. Edison follows' the invariable rule that
he will not alio- hiB name to be attached to any instrument
which he himself has not invented. On the b&hdr hand, he.,
is very much interested in the description, of the mstruB
ment, and would be very glad to see you and to discuss
the matter with you. We might be able to ubb the instru-
ment in connection with our school pictures for the educat¬
ion of the young.
Respectfully,
Minutes of the Eirst Meeting
of the
Educational Committee
Held December 24th
at 3:00 I*. U.
In the Executive Committee Room.
Committee desires as much information ooncerning
Mr. Edison's educational pictures as Mr. Edison is willing to confide
to it at present, and an invitation will be extended to Mr. Hutchison
to attend the next meeting and give such information as Hr. Edison
is willing to have divulged.
With reference to the fifty educational subjects
selected from old releases, Mr. Pelzer reported that twenty- five are
being printed. He will endeavor to get Mr. Call's permission to run
the master positives of the remaining twenty-five for Mr. Ives' in¬
spection.
. Mr. Maxwell mentioned plan of attempting to get
geography pictures in connection with our advertising pictures for
manufacturers and railroads. Question whether Mr. Edison is ready
to have us Btart on this. Decided that Mr. Maxwell would prepare
complete draft of plan to be submitted to Messrs. Edison & Wilson.
Mr. Ireton reported orders for seventy-five
school machines and 9953 educational records. Discounts are thought
to be curtailing sale of machines. Increased selling effort thought
devisable. Speoial meeting to be held on 26th if Mr. Ives' attend¬
ance can be secured then.
Details on following page .
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„f Mr. Bolheer inquired what. progress is being
made with the epeoial. educational 'pictures/ Mr1. Polzer reported
that this work was in Mr .> Edison's hands /nd tfyat _ he did not kpow
its statue. It was the opiniop of :the..Ce&mittee that ite members
ought' to he informed on1 this ' subj eot^&sW* / Mi^on^conBidere ad¬
visable and ■ it' was: therefore’ decided; that .an invitation be ■ ex¬
tend edioUr., Hu to hi so n. to^atterid. fhe .nekt meetlhB of this_Com-
mittee aiid that' he he-’adTiWed 'ih;advanoe. of pur ..desire.. to have a
renoft ^'^th^eduoatiohal'' filmp: that -are, in .odur.ee of, preparation
in^the' MabVra’tojryi eb ®®?j2pad
ence with Mr.'- Edison to give ;us;’ae °J"®*dered
expedient at -this ..tljax-e.* Mr v Mol?erv.reportB; oOno,erning- the fifty
euh 1 eo ta seieo ted by 'Mr'V:'XveB.if;rpm; previous r^leaepfl •• as _ suitable* ,f or
an educational catalog thnt.Vtwenty-f ive d? theee , aubjeots are. being
itVd^dentT '%e x^aihiri|^twenty-f£ve. Ofe thereahout^ have
m and it eiideayor^to. get Mr . .
Mr . Maxwell 'brought ,up;. the /^jieetion: of utiiif ing
Advertising picturee in connection with Mr, udipon e cc
fleography., picture b.. Me thought vit.; would be, possible to, ----- _
■ dhow ~ in large' part the typography of' the country traversed by such
railroad. 'Mto'
neceaeary letters to te "submitted’, toM Ms.Edison for approval.
Ur . ' Iretbn reported that we ’have received or-
'.1 ■m-£} ' ' 'tiviintviif ivtf 'iUh'tfol' jdWihihhB ' hut thue' .far, hate Chipped ’but . •
'' fiveV' Mr . DpiTjeer, ’suggested/t^t^theMoi^
report thb :4aBbh:;f6^theVdeiay
f erred to sell \the’ ^riumph^maohine inptead of th}®. e*f° ial JJ°hool
model.-vowing. intireiy^tP'rthe/'differenpei, in prtfitv': i>*oided^that a
, speo ial meetitig'Of 1 this , Commit tee-be heldon -Thursday the, 26th, *t
3:00 P. M. £ r o tided Mr i IvbS' . attendance oan'he seoured at that i time.
Copies to ail Committee meMUjers «L.«n .
and Messrs. Edison arid Wilson.
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Mr. Edison:-
Messrs. Wanner & Zappe bare made about 450 feet
on Eainbow Troat eggs hatching and young trout, and finished
oopying the magnified details of the honey bee.
Bamsay has started on the magnified details of
house fly with the phot omi orographic camera. These photos will
all be taken a standard size - the same as the positives used in
making the small slides for the Home P. K. Ten pictures Bhould
be made on eaoh subject to complete a set for the H.P.K. lad era
slide. It is a very simple matter to copy such positives for
the short sections of Motion Picture film needed, and the results
are muoh better than when they are taken direot on M. P. Film.
Mr. Plunkett has been dropped. He had very good
ideas about writing up scenarios for the bug subjects , and he was
interested in the work, but for good reasons he was impossible
to have around.
This bug work has been very difficult to get
done as it should be. The nature of the work requires that the
men be allowed to use their own judgment more than with the
Physios, etc.
I have tried to keep in touch with it by daily
reports, and have tried to keep it as close as possible to
scenarios but they would get started on something which "would
spoil if they did not take it at once , and they would either have
to take that or nothing as other subjects were not ready." I
have a system of looking over all of the negative as soon as I
oan get it. The men develop it at the film plant and leave a
list of pieces developed, giving me a oopy of the list. When
I get them at the film plant I receipt for them on their memoran¬
dum, but I have been unable to get bug pictures developed promptly.
Messrs. Briggs and Jones have been working on
the films on effects of eleotric current this week to get them
into final shape. When this subject was first started I made a
list of the experiments to be shown, had the apparatus made for
eaoh experiment and the man to whom it was given to photograph would
work up a soenario of this single experiment in minute detail re¬
hearsing it with the apparatus many times. We would then go
over it together and make ohanges until it seemed to be 0. K. be¬
fore it was phonofcraphed.
The same plan is being followed on the subjects
of hydrostatics and wave motion.
We have mounted and adjusted the mlorosoope on
the photomiorographio outfit started by Dr.. Oppeen. The long
bellows for it is being made. When it is done the instrument
be ready to ubo.
will
I will prepare a memorandum showing the status of
all the negativesmade this year, and whether positives have
heen printed from them, eto.
Very respeotfully,
to. i\J.'
Deo. 30, 1912.
Harper & Brothers
Publishers
New Yomt Sc London
Pdanhun Sqimie, New Yomt
December 30, 1912
Dear Ur. Edison:
You did me and the New England
Society a very great favor in allowing
me to ehow the two films, ----Colonial
Day3 and Ways and Crystal Building at
their recent Forefathers' Day Banquet,
and I wish to assure you I appreciate it.
They made a great hit, especially the
latter-— beat the speeches all out.
You filled Judge Lindsay so
full of spiritual hydrogen the day he
was out that I had to hold him down with
a cold after we left . No man in the
country could appreciate better than he
the value of teaching "movies."
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
EDUCATIOML SERIES MOTIQH PICTURES.
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We have made about 1419 feet of film this week
as follows:
Effeot of eleotrlo current — — - —
Magnetism - - -
Magnetism retaken - - — - - 82
Hydraulic press - - -
Pulleys - completing subject. -
Gears 10-40 teeth retaken - — 78
Bugs - -
retaken 160 new - ~ 1259
160
Total- 1419
We have applied much time this week toward get¬
ting what we have in as good shape as possible. All of the
magnetism positives have been gone over and the parts retaken
and the new parts inserted in their proper places to agree
with the original scenario.
We have the Pulley titles finished and posi¬
tives will be printed of all the scenes this wek.
We have positives of all the water wave soenes
that were betaken with blaok background.
I will put them together myself sometime t\\e
coming week as Mr. Wegel is no longer here.
The new Bdsstmer Converter will be ready with
titles today. The larger type on the signs make it much better
than the old one.
The "Cabbage Butterfly" will also be ready today.
The Bee films were projected for Mr. Plimpton
and he seleoted with me the soenes which he thought suitable
for the regular release. I have written a scenario for them
whioh lnoludes the new magnified details which will be oomplet-
ed today. The Duplioate negatives are being made at the
film plant.
I have attaohed a oopy of my eoenario to this report
Mr. Plimpton expeots to shorten some of the soenes and I
have made the titles very fall so that he may abridge them
to suit himself.
Very respectfully,
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EDUCATIONAL SERIES MOTION PICTURES.
Report W. W.
Dinwiddle . ^
MR. EDISON:
We have made about 1319 feet of film this
week as follows:
Bugs . 782 feet
Effects of Electric Current.. 100 "
Pulleys... . 437 "
* Total . 1319 feet
All of the experiments on effeot of elec¬
tric ourrent mentioned in Ganot's Physics exoept the
electric furnace and Galvani's experiment with frog
legs, have been photographed.
The seonario on Pulleys was written last
July and we photographed several partB of it, hut did
not have enough lights then to give the subject a dark
background.
Magnetism has been completed exoept for
photographs of the large lifting magnet outside, effeot
of heating a magnet red hot, and Terrestrial Magnetism.
Static Electricity has not been touohed
on, and there are a number of experiments on Eleotrioity
in motion which include electrical measurement and connect
ourrent with statio eleotrioity.
Induced currents will be taken up
separately.
The above classification is that of
Millilfcan & GaieB' Physics, which is the book used in
nearly all of the high-schoolB of the country. By fol¬
lowing this general arrangement, the films will fit the
present school oourses, tho the films are much more com¬
plete.
We have about completed all of the
apparatus for the subjeot of hydrostatics. Some of this
has been photographed, but there are other experiments
to be shown which overlap each other in the principles
they teach, and we want to rehearse them very oarefully
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altogether to see how they can best be presented.
This subject like a number of others
in the firBt fundamentals of physios, is very difficult
to treat.
Most of the text-books use apparatus to
show the fundamental principles of hydrostatios which
requires the pupil to assume things less obvious than
the principle the apparatus is designed to demonstrate.
We have a number of experiments on
hydraulics nearly in shape.
We are doing this work very systematically,
and I am sure you will not be disappointed in it.
Very respectfully.
EDtJOATIOHAIi SERIES MOTION PICTURES
Mr. Edison:-
We have photographed the centrifugal drier
and centrifuge, bringing the total on c entaKugal force up
to 621 feet without titles.
Mr. Wegel has made th^ee more films on water
Mr. Warner has photographed oyolops and
rotifer, maggot of housefly changing to pupa , housefly^
emerging from pupa and wings expanding
been giving great assistance
a large amount of bug materU
_ cj. _ Plunkett has
.this work and is oolleoting
to work on in the winter.
Ihe aubjoc/s which we have made enough on
for s film, with , perhaps, dr little outside work, are as follows:
Crystals - Aver 1000 feet
Mosquito - /421 feet sent to Studio
House-fly - * over 600 feet
Pumps - 1000 feet including titles
Sear WheelB - 676 feet without titles
Centrifugal force - 621 feet without titles.
A film may be put together to show various
forms of pond life.
We will soon have enough for a very inter¬
esting film on water waves.
I have a senario for a film on "the air"
which should proceed the one on pumps. The subject of
atmospheric pressure, vacuum, etc. is not generally under¬
stood; while difficult to explain ordinarily, I think the
motion pictures will make things quite clear.
Mr. Plunkett is working on the senario
you suggested - "Struggles of Mature".
We have had senarios for all of the subjects
worked on, and thoughMlgnhave had to modify some of them dur¬
ing the work, they have^Said out in advance as far as possible.
lately, I have been able to accomplish com¬
paratively little myself, having to try out about seven new men.
Mr. Thuratone was not atall suited^ tooths work so I let him
go. Mr. Jones
wwd/es
, Mr. Wegel and Mr. Plunkett will make good.
Very respectfully, fjjt
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Edison General File Series
1912. Name Use [not selected] (E-12-61)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining
to the authorized and unauthorized use of Edison's name for advertising,
trademark, and other purposes.
Edison General File Series
1912. Patents (E-12-62)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
foreign and domestic patent applications, assignments, litigation, and
legislation. Included are statements of invention by H. H. Meno Kammerhoff
concerning the technical development of Edison's storage battery and its
application to portable lamps and miners' safety lamps. There are also items
pertaining to proposed changes in U.S. patent and tariff laws, including a
questionnaire from the President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency
regarding improvements in the U.S. Patent Office.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected include receipts, letters of inquiry, routine correspondence
concerning patent attorneys and standing accounts, and documents that
duplicate information in selected material.
January 26th, 1912,
Thorns A. Edison, Esq.,
Menlaus Park, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
I represent the Creamery Package Mfg, Company of this city.
This company has been declared a trust by the Supreme Court of Minnesota
(case reported, 110 Minn., 415).
An appeal from the judgment in that case is pending in the U.S.
Supreme Court. Said company has also been sued under the Sherman Act
which case went to the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, for the 8th
District (179 Fed., 115), in which case the court held we were not liable.
An appeal from that judgment is also pending in the U. S. Supreme Court.
If we are liable as a trust, it is solely because of our pur¬
chasing letters patents controlling combined churns and butter workers,
which were made by our competitors.
The case will be fairly presented as to whether or not a mono¬
poly (assuming now we were one) can be built up by the purchase of letters
aptents, so as to be within the provisions of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
I want to use in the course of argument, the statement that it
was common practice for parties engaged in a particular line of business
to acquire all patents allied to the particular articles manufactured by
them. While- this in itself is not determinative of the case, in one phase
it will be very material matter.
The object of this letter is to ascertain whether or not you
will give me the number of letters patent, approximately . which your
various companies^own relating to the articles manufactured by them.
I probably could get some idea of the number of having a special
search made in the patent office at Washington, but I presume many patents
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while assigned, have nob had the assignment recorded. This, however,
will be an expensive process, which I would like to avoid, if I can.
I can appreciate the fact that there may be objections to your
giving me this information, and if there is, I will appreciate the
courtesy just as much as though you had given me the information.
Yours very truly,
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March 22, . 19:
Mr.' Thomas A. .Edison,
Port Myers, Florida,
Dear Mr. Edison:
Ji conference was hold last — u~- _-y - .
..representatives were present from the following concerns j
interested in the marketing of patented goods subject to.
I&ght ElQwhiclZ^-j
lioense restrictions as to use and sale:-
Thomas A. Edison, Ino. ,
. Victor Talking Machine Co. ,
Columbia Phonograph Co. ,
Motion Picture Patents Co.,.
Robert H. Xngersoll & Bro. ,
Waltham Watch Co. ,
Waterman Pen Co. ,
.Gillette Safety Razor Co. ,
and 'others.
■ Most of these representatives have kept close
watch Of the situation since the decision of the Supreme
Court in the Diok.oa.se, and every ono has a strong impres¬
sion that efforts will be , made to so amend the patent law
as to prevent the imposition of lioense conditions in
connection with the sale of patented goods. It was the
.concensus of .opinion that while every effort should be
made to resist any attempt to amend the patent law, yet
if tho sentiment in favor of amendment proved to be over¬
whelming, we should seek to minimize the soope of the
DICTATED- TO AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON BUSINESS PHONOGRAPH.
Mr. B'nomas A. Edison- 2.
change as much as possible.
Chore are four classes of licenses which have
developed in recent years in connection with the sale of
patented goods as follows:
■ i. Where the condition applies to articles
entirely outside of the patent. An example of this form
of license .is where the Goneral Electric Co.> refused to
sell .patented Mazda lamps to customers who would riot agree
to purchase all their oarhon filament lamps from them.
Also the shoe Machinery Co., which refused, to sell patented
machines unless the customers agreed to. "buy unpatented
•machines from them. Also , in: our own case , where we
rofuse to . sell cylinder machines to dealers who handle
cylinder machines of other makes.
2. Where the lioenso conditions relate to
supplies or accessories for use with’a patented invention
hut capable of other uBes. An example of this sort is
the Dick case ,■ where the stencil paper and ink could he
used with other forms of duplicating machines and for other
uses.
3. Where the conditions relate to a removable
part of the patented invention or to on aooessory which can
he used only with the patented invention. An example of
this class is the Gillette Co. , which sells its razors only
upon tho condition that blades furnished by the company
shall be used therewith.
4. Where the conditions apply directly to the
Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 3.
patented article, us, for example, a fixed price as a
limitation upon the right to sell or a similar restriction
upon the right to use.
It was agreed that the third and fourth class of
restrictions we re the ones in which manufacturers are vital¬
ly interested and that the fourth olass..was more important
than the third.
Every effort possible should he made to prevent
any amendment that interferes with any of the. license con¬
ditions, because if amendments are once started they may be.
later on greatly extended. But if the politicians in
Washington cannot be turned aside, they should at least be
persuaded not to touch conditions in the third and fourth
class.
It is rumored that the Attorney General is seeking
to have the defendant in the Dick case ask for a re-hearing,
but if a re-hearing is granted I doubt if the result is
changed. The two additional Justices who would hear the
case would be Day. and Pitney,, but from the decisions these
men have handed down in other cases, there is no reason to
believe that they would sido with Chief Justice White. It
would certainly be very unlikely that both of these Justices
would join with the Chief Justice and theroby reverse the
present decision by a vote of five to four. Therefore,
there does not seem to be at present imminent danger from
an application for a re-hearing, and in fact, if the case
were re-heard the situation might be strengthened. The
Hr. Thomas A. Edison-. 4.
danger is in some new law that might he rushed through
Congress, and if that were done I believe the President
would sign it, because , as I have told you, I have seen a
copy of a letter written by Hr. Taft in which he says that he
may have gone too far in the Button Fastener case— the de¬
cision upon which all of this law is based. At the present
time it is understood that Mr. V/ielcersham is preparing some
sort of . a Bill,, the Commissioner of Patents is preparing
another bill, Hr. littleton of Hew York is preparing a third
bill and vario\is members of Congress of more or loss prominence
are preparing bills of their own.
The agitation in favor of amendment seems to be con¬
fined to the politicians and newspapers, but the activities
of the newspapers, after the first flash, appear to be dying
out. Fortunately for us there appears to be no definite
coherent public demand for a ‘change;, there is no organized
force behind it; there is no body of mon or political party
which .wants it; the labor Unions do not ask for it. This .
being so, it ought to be possible to bring enough pressure to
bear to counteract the activities of the politicians.
• A prominent politician said to me the other day
that a number of President Taft’s close political friends
had told him vory strongly that Mr. Wicker sham' s activities
were hurtful to the Administration and that nothing ought to
be done until after the eleotion, so that this may hold off
the activities of the Department of Justice and the latent
Offioe. If so, then any amendments might bo limited to the
Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 5. .
efforts of the Democrats as a purely party measure, which
might have difficulty in passing the Senate and might he
vetoed hy the President.
In order to offset any activity of the Democrats
or the politicians in general if the attempt is made- to mulco
the matter non-partizah, I think we have a very strong leverage
.in the thousands of retailors throughout the country who handle
patented goods subject to restrictions;' and it was agreed that
tho several manufacturers should interest their dealers in
this proposition and have them write their Congressman, op¬
posing any amendment; In our own case I will do this as
quietly as possible by having pur traveling men explain
the sitation to our jobbers and have the jobbers' traveling
men in turn explain the situation to the dealers. This
ought to result in a good many thousand letters' to Congressmen,
which I believe will have a very wholesome effect.
I believe the inventors of the country- are also
vitally interested in this proposition, and I proposed that
some outside -body— for example, the latent law Association
of '7ashington — should send out circulars to all ‘inventors
asking them -to also cooperate and write to their Congressmen.
This would also mean many more thousand letters.
personally I think the manufacturers should keep
as much in the background as possible and that the opposition
to any change in the patent law should come from the small
retailers all through the country. These men are also
goncrally local advertisers and to a certain extent influence
the local newspapers. Do you approve of ,$his general plan?
Ur. Thomas'. A. Edison-
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1 actea as Chairman of tho meeting, and appointed
a committee- to .look into tho matter more fully ana advise us
as soon -as possible.
AH' the manufacturers interested scenic a. to he
willing to contribute to 'aiiy1 extent so that the- amount involved
will -probably be very Bmall.
Ydurs very truly,-
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el'CoiurCooj’ S.,
ComimttoC'.ou'^Calvnto,
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Mr. ThomaB A. Edison,
Llewellyn Park, New Jersey.
My dear Sir:
Inclosed, I take pleasure in handing you copy
of II. R. 23417, which seeks to amend and revise the United
States Patent Laws.
The Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives
will he pleased to have you present such arguments concerning the
legislation proposed as you may desire and an invitation to par¬
ticipate in the hearings on this hill, whioh will continue all
of next week, is hereby extended to you.
If you desire to offer any suggestions to the oommittee
in this matter, it will he the pleasure of the oommittee to
allow you to appoint the day on which you wish to appear, and
in this connection, I desire to inform you that our hearings
are held mornings, from 10 to 12 o'olock.
Chairman.
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MOVED by KR. E. WARD ISOHARD and Beoondod by DR. i. H. BAEHSLAHD,
that the following Roeolution be submitted to vote at the next meeting of
the Guild to get the sense of the meeting and if the majority of thooo
presort favor the Resolution, the Resolution be promptly submitted to vote
by obtaining a written ballot from eaoh of the members of the Guild.
moW^hMAfr i*apfMoM?& afo30^0 nhowB thttt
(&)- WHEREAS ... ©he united states Patent system is the only one among the
leading uatent systems of the world, under Whioh a person Who has honestly
and indeuendsntly produoed a now and useful result, and has been the first
person to filo on application for potent which discloses the invention, is
stibjeotcd to the delay, expense, indirect domago, and possible Injustioo
due to the present praotioo of attompting to dotermino Who was tho first,
sole, and original inventor.
(3)- wmmwAs.. .It is a wall known foot that tho broadest end most valuable
inventions are tho ones most likely to become involvod in intorforonoo, and
therefore are most likoly to oauoe groat delay and expense before the patont
1b granted.
f4)_ WHEREAS* • .The prosont praotioe as to intorforonoes doos not "promote
the general welfare" of tho unitod states and does not offioiontly sooure
in his rights tho inventor Who in good faith firet disoloses, for the
benefit of tho United States, the now and useful reBUlt whioh he ton inde¬
pendently invented.
fBl- WHEREAS... intorforonoes under tho present praotioe usually delay for
many years the termination of the period of monopoly represented by the
SbLt >ant7 without equivalent benefit to the Hation.and may he ^fairly
used as a moans of depriving the Ration, and the ^0n*0L ™
is really indebted, of tho rights, Whioh, under the Constitution, wore
Intended to ho soourod to the Ration and to the inventor.
(6)- WHEREAS. • -The consideration of prime importance to the Ration is
prtopt and aoourato disolosure of tho now and useful result, and tho con¬
sideration of prime importance to tho inventor is a simple 0 inexpensive,
expeditious and fair method of examination, resulting in a patont the
validity of Which oannot bo successfully attacked by unsornpulous oonoorns
and individuals.
WHEREAS. .’.The present interference procedure tends to delay, not only
tho patont for the invention whioh is in intertforenoe, but also Patents for
improvement , inventions of tho some inventor, and tends to multiply inter-
ferenoes unjustly, and also to delay progress in the. useful arts ana soienoeB.
{?)- WHEREAS... She existing potent system tends to daisy, instead of
expediting, the publishing of evory valuable patont, heoauBO if the patont
bopubliahod very soon after application there is e greatly increased likli-
hood- of an interference, hosed upon an -application of .some riyal inventor _
filed after the publioation of the Potent, the oonaequonoe being that inven- ;
tors oannot with safety to their interests, publish their patents with tho
promptness desirable.
RESOLVED- That, in order to promote the general welfare of the United
States and promote the progress of soionoe and Useful Arts, it seems do-
sirable that the united states Patont Syotem Should bo modifitd by sub¬
stituting for Seotion 4886 of the Patent laws, the following provision or
Botno •q.uivalent proylflioa* and hy making suoh other mo&lfloationp of the
patent System os may prove desirable in order to consistently carry out
the intention indicated*
Aw person who has independently invented or disoovorod any new
and useful art, machine, manufacture , or composition of matter, and too
filed application therefor with the Oonmissloner of Patents, may, upon
payment of the foes required by law. and other other proceedings
had, obtain a patent thorofor, provided thatupon examination of
his application it is found to opnfozn to the following requirements-
(1). she subject natter claimed has not been disclosed by any
other person in any publication. prior to his application date, nor
by him in any publication moro than one year prior his to his ap¬
plication date.
(8). She subject matter olained has not been disolosed in any
prior application at that time pending in the United states Patent
Off loo.
(3). She subjeot natter olained has not been publicly disclosed
by any public use or sole made one year or more piior to his applica¬
tion date.
(Signed) E. Ward Leonard. May 10/1918
Also approved in writing by Dr. Baekeland.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Llewellyn Park,
Hew jersey.
My dear Mr. Edison:-
At the suggestion of Dr. L. H. Baekeland, who
lias given me your name, I am sending you under separate cover re¬
prints of same articles of mine upon the subject of patents wh-ioh.
have appeared in the Engineering Magazine and in the Yale Law
Journal.
Some of the obvious defects of the existing patent
practice were not touched upon in these articles. Your knowledge
and experience with the »u ’eject will doubtless enable you to
express an opinion upon these articles and also upon matters of
patent practice, not touched upon' therein; and I si tall be
pleased to learn your views on both these points.
Very truly yours,
f y*
Belloville M.J.
Ur Thoa A . Bdlaon.
West Orange *• J*
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Dear Sir i
I eould llkt to at you If ««™ *« 5" "f W1" "*
proved to get . patent e„ a -U ..ohln. «- ■ W " ****«
and ...id like t. k» eke «" *“■ *»* • — » “*
I till he obliged great!/ for an7 inforratlon you can give re.
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INVESTIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
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department
November 29, 19X2
Mr. Harry F. Miller,
Laboratory-
Dear Sir:
I enclose herewith an assignment of Robert
A. Bachman to Thomas A. Edison of the foreign rights of
Mr. Bachman's invention in Storage Battery Trays, for
which application Serial No. 654,259 was filed in the
United States Patent Office on October 5, 1911.
. 'Very truly yours,
MJL
enclosures
LEONARD STREET
PARKES MACHINE CO.
MANUFACTURERS O
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EMBROIDERED HOUSEKEEPING LINENS
214-216 TAAFFE PLACE
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Hr. Thomas A* Edison, Brooklyn, n. r.„.na.cfimhfir..2+..l£nJL.
Host Orange, II. J.
I have been appointed chairman of a committee on patents by the Menu- •
facturers Association of Hew York, and I am writing to ask you if you will kindly
furnish mo with some information in connection with the matter. You are no doubt
familiar with the Oldfield H. R. bill !! 23417, as amended by tho committee on patents
and reported favroably August 8, 1312. 1 am looking for favorable and unfavorable
criticism relative to this bill, and also relative to other proposed legislation in
connection with patents as a guide or help to our committee in reaching conclusions.
For example 1st, is it advisable for an owner of a patented. article to be
prohibited from determining tho price by agreement or otherwise at which 3uch pat¬
ented article shall be resold? 2nd, to limit the length of time for an applicant
to amend his case to six months? 3rd, to make an inventor who first filod an ap¬
plication the one who is entitled to a patent without further consideration? 4th,
do you think the present method of the Patent Office of assuming that the filing
of an allowable application, is tho equivalent to a reduction to practice., is e sui¬
table? 5th, do you think the rule requiring an inventor to make his motions for
dissolution of the interference before the Primary Examiner who is the party who
declares the interference, is a logical way off doing it? 6th, is it advisable to
have a Court of Patent Appeals created? 7th, do you think the compulsory license,
as in the Oldfield Bill is advisable, and do you think it advisable to. bring pat¬
ents under the Oherman Anti— Trust lav/, as this bill aims to do, and finally is it
advisable for this'“to become a law.
I am just indicating in the foregoing the kind of information I am looking
for. Any help you can give us in connection with the matter X assure you will.be
highly appreciated, I have taken out over sixty U.S. Patents, containing over nine
hundred claims myself, and have a large number of other applications that I am about
to file, so you see I am personally interested in the matter as I believe you are.
Yours very truly
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STATEMENT OE INVENTOR
Note: This statement, together with sketch, to be put in the
- application file.
Note: This statement, together with sketch, to be
application file.
put in the
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
JfilSr A. EDISON INC.
Polio _
STATEMENT OP INVENTOR
Made drawing.
Model or complete working device started.
Finished on.
Is the invention in use?.
Received hy_
Inventor^ ^
Remarks _
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application file.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
THOS.A. EDISON INC.
Folio _
STATEMENT OF INVENTOB
General Description of
Invention.
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application file.
Polio _
STATEMENT OP INVENTOR
General Description of
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application file.
LEGAli' E>EPARTM€NT-
THQS. A. EDISON INC.
STATEMENT OP INVENTOR
General Description of
Invention.
Received, by.
Inventor.
Remarks.
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application file.
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UEGAL DEPARTMENT
TKOS. A. EDISON INC.
STATEMENT OF INVENTOR
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application file.
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LEGAL DEPARTMENT
T'HOS- A. EDISON INC.
STATEMENT OP INVENTOR
General Description of
Note: This statement, together with sketch, to be put in the
application file.
STATEMENT OF INVENTOR
Made drawing £ . _ Finished on _
Model or complete wo r Icing device started
Finished on _
Is the invention in
General Description of
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application file.
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STATEMENT OF INVENTOR
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application file.
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STATEMENT OF INVENTOR
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" application file.
Mr. ThosrtnA, 'Edison,
Orange, H. J.
My dear Sir:-
Ab my exouse for writing you I will recall to you that
I represented your interests aB Associate Counsel with Mr. Dyer
at Washington! during the great Copyright fight in Congress three
bfc four years ago, in which I am glad to say we were very success¬
ful . I also made the argument for your interests before the Joint-
Committee of Congress in the tariff hearings and succeeded for the
first time in our law in having inserted in the Payne-Aldrioh
Tariff Bill a protective duty of 45# upon your phonographs, etc .
The new tariff oommittee is now considering the prepara¬
tion of the proposed Democratic Tariff Bill and intend as I am told
to either strike out entirely ot at least materially lower this
duty. Hearings before thiB new committee are to oomraence January
6th and continue hntil the subject is disposed of. For some eight
yearB I have been making a specialty of legislative matters, repre¬
senting in tl^oapacity the large Wurlitzer and other interests.
I have been asked to take up this matter of protection to musical
and allied interests again at this session of Congress, and it has
been suggested to me that you would perhaps be inclined to join
with us in defense of a protective duty. If so, I shall be pleased
to act for you. Kinldy let me hear from you, or if you prefer I
could come to Hew York or Orange for a personal interview with you.
I might also say that very drastic legislation upon the-;
sale of patented products and concerning various features of the
patent and oopyright laws are going to be actively pushed for
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LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
2.
passage at this term of Congress.
MW/GWP.
General Film Company
FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING
200 FIFTH AVENUE
16th December 1912
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Or a n g e, How Jersey
Door Mr. Edison:
Regarding the enclosed letter from
George \Y. Pound, Buffalo, Hew York, my ex¬
perience with Mr. Pound was that ho was in¬
clined to chargo too much for his services,
and I had to insist that his hill should he
reduced.
I suggest that it would he well to
wait until some definite attack on the talking
machine industry is made, and then to cooperate
with the Victor and Columbia Companies in having
a first-rate man represent the three concerns
in Washington. If each company has itB own
representative they will probably work at cross
Edison General File Series
1912. Personal (E-12-63)
This folder contains correspondence from Edison's friends and
acquaintances. Some of the letters contain reminiscences about Edison's
childhood and early career in telegraphy. Among the correspondents for 1 91 2
are longtime Edison associate Edward H. Johnson and Ohio politician Myron
Herrick. A few documents relate to Edison's trip to Chicago in January 1912
and a luncheon given in his honor by Samuel Insull.
All of the documents have been selected.
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William 0. Boalo,
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Britton^I.^3u^ ,lletrop0l^tenj south Side &
Northwestern Elevated R. R. Cob,
Daniel H. Burnham,
Arohiteot.
H. M. Bylleeby,
President,
Messrs. H. M. Byllesby & Co.
Horaoe 0. Burt,
Chief Engineer, Abb
on Electrification
♦ a. of Commeroe Committee
of Railway Terminal b.
A* ^President* Messrs. Hihbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.
Edward B. Butler,
President, Messrs. Butler Brothers.
Benjamin Carpenter,
Masers. Oeorge B. Carpenter & Company.
B* ^'Eirs t^ Vice-President & General Manager,
Amerioan Car & Po undry Company.
John M. Clarh,
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0. A. coffin,
'resident, ueneral JSleotrie Company,
Ira M. Cod#,
Chairman, noard of Direotore,
Chicago City Railway Company.
R. T. Crane,
President, Crane Company.
Hon. Char leB a. heneen,
Cower nor, State of Illinois.
John V. Oilehriat,
Assistant to th# Praaident,
Commonwealth Bdieon Company.
Hr. P. W. Ounaaulua,
Praaident, Armour Inatitute of Technology.
U. of I.
Hon. Peter S. Orosaoup,
Retired Judges United States Cirouit Ct«
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James T. Horahan,
Formerly President Illinois Central R.R. Co.
Hon, Carter H. Harrison,
Mayor o t Chicago.
Marvin Hughitt,
Chairman, hoard of Directors,
Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Co.
Chaunoey Keep,
Capitalist.
James Keeley,
General Manager, Chicago Tribune.
Judge C. C. Kohlsaat,
Federal Court, Chioago,
Andrew M. Lawrence,
Publisher, Chicago Examiner.
D. H. LouderbaoJc,
Chairman, Northwest Land Ass'n.
Professor J. L. Laughlin,
Dept, or Politioal Eoonomy,
University or Chioago.
John T. MoCutoheon,
Cartoonist, Chioago Tribune.
Robert R., MoCormiole,
Messrs. Shepard, MoCormiok & Thomason,
(Lawyers)
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Harvester Co.
Prank W. Morse,
Vice-President 4 General Manager,
Chicago 4 Alton R.B.
John J. Mitchell
President,
Illinois Trust 4 Savings Bank,
Edward Morris,
President,
Morris 4 Company.
Dar ^President, Chicago, Burlington, Quinoy R.R. Co.
Horace D. Nugent,
British Consulate General, Chicago.
P. 8. Peabody,
President,
Peabody Coal Company..
E. P. Russell,
, Russeii, t . _
Messrs. Russell, Brewster 4 Co.
(Bankers)
George^M. ^Reynolds, Continental & commercial Rational Basic
of Chicago.
John M. Roaoh,
President, uhioago Railways Company.
Louis I. Swift,
President, Messrs. Swift 4 Company.
B. B. Sunny,
President, Chloago Telephone Company.
John ®£e^2nt, Marshall Pield 4 Company.
John A. Spoor, , ^ .
President, United States Yard 4 Transit Co,
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Byron 1.. Smith,
President, The Northern Trust Company, Bank.
A. A. Sprague,
President, Messrs. Sprague, Warner & Company.
T. P. Shonts,
President, Chicago & Alton Railroad.
Thomas A. Edison
Samuel Insull,
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Thos. A* Edison, Esq,., ^ ^ *U
Dear Edison:- Vf^GL*-*^
Will you favor me with a fejw brief fapts of the 44, '|
many that are doubtlesB within^yfeir petso^^know^ed^g.^
as to the development of the Coxmrer^aflSeotrio Vehicle
during the past 5 or 6 years, and accompany tha^fTby an
expression of your opinion as to the probable devd.op-
ment henceforward. I wish to incorporate this iff a paper
I can preparing for a Banking House.
Yours very truly,
MEM>0*C*on.
Central Union Telephone Company
OFFICE OF THE MANAGER.
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• Thomas A. Edison, President,
Edison Storage Battery Company,
Orange, N.J.
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My Dear Mr. Edison:- H
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I am attaching hereto notice of
the death of Mr. Henry A.- Batchelor, who you will, no
doubt, remember. One by one they are passing away.
I have known H. A. for a good many years, and my wife
people, of course, are distantly related to the family,
Henry was a very peculiar man. He failed in the early,
part of his career, but closed up with a good snug,
for table fortune.
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MEADOW CROFT.
August 28,19X8.
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Thos. A. Edison, Inc.,
One of our leading citizens, Mr. Henry A. Batchellor,
has been called away and, according to the paper, he was a
schoolmate- of Mr. Thomas A. Edison which, no doubt, would
interest Mr. Edison, and I have forwarded you under separate
cover a paper about it and marked the paragraph where it
states Mr. Edison is interested.
Ywu.
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Hot 'being able to longer endure with patience the
restraint w*th\whdAh my work is hedged afcout ty/jthe machin¬
ations o/tto ir/it eJW^Mot^ Ast^W being unable
/dominant power behind that enter-
th^re i (/ left 1
the public at large.
I am taking the liberty. of giving this appeal the
form of a letter addressed to you for the good and sufficient
reason that the forty odd years of our association and your
consequent familiarity with both my character and my work,
eBtops me from loose statement thus establishing that trans¬
parent bona fides i
i public statement of
You will recall my work of several years
exponent of the goBpel of your new civilizing fore
inating the world at large under the cosmic term oi
■While thus engaged you will recall my introducing
Sprague and his inventions through which there ultimately re¬
sulted,- the modern electric railway, and still later you
will remember the prominent part I played in promoting the
Sprague multiple unit system of train operation now almost
universally employed upon urban traffic lines.
-1-
Hov.' all these enormously valuable inventions came fin¬
ally into the hands of the 0. E. Co., at "Mess of Potage".
valuation is another story, Uy present purpose in recalling
the pioneering character of my work in connection with them
is but to establish credit for an understanding of the art
and a prescienoe which should bespeak for me the right to be
heard when as now I promulgate a new and equally potential
theory in that same art.
IVith this preamble I will state my grievance.
The premises: Several years of labor and the expenditure of
several hundred thousand dollars producing ultimately a new
type of electric traction motor and method of control admitted
by competent disinterested experts to be capable of effecting a
saving of from 30 to 40 <fo over the present energy expenditure, -
to increase the capacity of existing generating stations by a
like percentage,- to practically dispense with the wear and tear
of brake shoes and wheels consequent upon the present mechanical
braking system and to introduce a new factor of safety rendering
the fatal runaways now of such frequent occurence upon trolley
lines, practically impossible. In short a new motor system
which applied to the cars of existing linen without other
changes of plant or equipment, would convert many non-paying
lines into dividend earners and increase the dividends of the
already profitable ones;
This is what I have been and am now vainly seeking
to market. The chief work of development took place in Eng¬
land with English capital and from that vantage ground I
hegan the search for a lessee or buyer. It was recognized
as futile to attempt the creation of a new manufacturing
plant with this motor Bystem as its sale basis, particularity
in England. Naturally, I first besought the allies of the
American .Electric with whom I had of course always been
more or less closely affiliated. The English Branch of the
American Company known as The British Thomson Houston Com¬
pany, promptly informed me that all authority in such raat.--
ters was vested in the New York office. I thereupon went
to Berlin to deal with the somewhat more independent German
Company, The Allgeineine Elektricitats Gesselschaft. X made
progress there, reaching an agreement for continental Europe
but before the hour fixed for signing, a cable request was had
from New York requesting the suspension of the matter until
the arrival’ of a "Co-director" then on the ocean. Immediately
upon his arrival I was advised that the deal was off. No ex¬
planation and no apolbgies. Subsequently, I learned from
a perfectly reliable source, that the matter was dropped at the
request of the American Company, on the ground that it was not
to the best interest of either company i.e. the German or the
American that the system should receive such notable recogni¬
tion in Germany, before it had been seoured to the American
Company, in the U. S.
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EDWARD H. JOHNSON
20 BROAD STREET
Thin brought me to New York instanter and caused me
to open negotiations with the General Electric Co. , That was
about four years ago and the intervening time has resulted in
nothing better than semi promises and evasive discussions,
insofar as the G. B. Co* , is concerned, and the discovery that
no transportation line, no banker, no independent manufacturer
and no individual capitalist would risk antagonizing the
General Electric Co., or the group of capitalists associated
therewith by even so smalla. venture as would be necessitated
in making a practical demonstration to inform the public of
the merits of the system and so cause a demand, which would
compel recognition.
Expert reports based on trials in England and Ger¬
many and even more elaborate reports in thiB country were
unanimous in finding that our claims for the system were
justified, but absdlute proof thereof could of oourse, only
be had by practical operation and to get this demonstration
made, at the trifling coBt of about $25,000. I have offered
as high as 25^ interest in the application of the syBtem
to electric traction on rails.
Great interest is usually shown at the outset
and then a sudden drop occurs, thenceforth, usilenoe until -I
break it again in a new direction then presently* silence again
and so on ad infinitum.
It may be incidental remarked that in the matter
of ftleotrio traotion the General Electric, Westinghouse
coiribination, possess the most absolute monopoly in the
industrial world-, as regards the adoption of improve¬
ments this combination can only be likened to Government
owner ship, und we all know from European experience how
fatal that is to progress. '
In these circumstances what is your advice,
how shall the throttle on individual initiative be opened?
Of course, to you the answer would come easy, you would your¬
self make the required demonstration, but how about the cases
such as mine, where the oapital to do so, must be obtained
from others? X have advised the chief offioer of the General
Electric as to the need and the method of meeting situati ons
of this kind without involving his company in obligations in
advance of value determinations, but as usual I um met with
but procrastinating evasions that apparently have but the
single end in view of postponing the inevitable Until the
patents have expired or have been rendered obsolete by
oiroumventing devices evolved from their own ranks under the:
stimulus of the educational work done by me.
CHARAVAY PROPELLERS
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